Indian-American Couple Released a Musical Campaign Video for Biden, Harris

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Washington: Indian-American couple has released a musical campaign video urging the Indian-Americans to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his Indian-Origin running mate Senator Kamala Harris. Indian-American couple, based on a Silicon Valley released a musical campaign video targeting the voters of Indian-Americans in the battleground states.

Joe Biden formally accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party on Thursday, the last day of the four-day Democratic National Convention.  Harris, scripted history in US politics as she became the first Indian-American and Black woman to get a major party’s vice-presidential nomination on the third day of the virtual Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.

Vinita Bhutoria said after release of the video on Friday, that “living in Silicon Valley, we are at heart innovators; we have applied that creativity to rapidly grow the outreach to key South Asian voter groups in support of Vice President Biden. It is extremely important that we all come together as a community to fight for what is right.” Vinita, along with her tech entrepreneur husband Ajay Jian Bhutoria, starts the video saying, “America Ka Neta Kaisa Ho: Jo Biden Jaisa Ho.”

The political couple, who had earlier hosted Jill Biden at their house early this year for fundraising, is currently working on three unique video adverts in support of the Biden-Harris campaign. The first of the series was released on Friday. “Indo-Americans are the crucial margin of victory in Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Wisconsin, and Nevada,” said Ajay. Running into 143 seconds, in the backdrop of music, Indian-Americans in various languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and Bengali, are appealing to their community members in the battleground States to vote and support Biden and his running mate Harris in the November presidential elections.

Ajay Jain Bhutoria said that “As an absolutely essential swing vote, it is essential that Indo-American political representation increases. We have made immense leaps forward, but we will continue working hard to further push the envelope of what is possible.” The video highlights the culture of Indo-Americans in the USA connecting to mainstream politics and highlights the engagement of all ages of Indo-American community, said Raj, a young Indian-American student from Claremont McKenna College in California.

The video connects people from different parts of India living in the USA and speaking in multiple languages, all united in the fight to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” Raj said. The video was created by Ritesh, founder of Awesome TV and his team, based in New York. “We wanted to inspire all South Asian American Indians to be involved and support candidates that support our causes!” said Ritesh. The first video was gaining attraction on various South Asian social media groups.

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