Joe Biden extended his wishes on the occasion of Diwali.
Washington:
US President-elect Joe Biden tweeted Diwali greetings last night as millions of people celebrated the festival of lights around the world. Its publication comes a week after Donald Trump lost the bid for a second consecutive term in the fierce fight for the White House that kept the world on the edge for almost a week.
“To the millions of Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists celebrating the Festival of Lights, @DrBiden and I send our best wishes for a #HappyDiwali. May your new year be filled with hope, happiness and prosperity. Salt Mubarak (sic), “Joe Biden wrote on Twitter. The 77-year-old will become the oldest president in the country’s history.
Kamala Harris, who is vice president-elect, has also made history by becoming the first woman, the first black person, and the first Native American to hold the office.
He also tweeted the Diwali greetings last night. “Happy Diwali and Salt Mubarak! @DouglasEmhoff and I wish everyone around the world celebrating a safe, healthy and happy New Year, “he wrote.
To the millions of Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists who celebrate the Festival of Lights, @DrBiden and I send you our best wishes for a #HappyDiwali. May your new year be full of hope, happiness and prosperity. Get out Mubarak.
– Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 14, 2020
Happy Diwali and Sal Mubarak! @DouglasEmhoff and I wish everyone around the world celebrating a safe, healthy and happy New Year.
– Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 14, 2020
Last week, in an emotional victory speech, he remembered his mother, who was from India. “I am grateful to the woman most responsible for my presence here today, my mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. When she came here from India at the age of 19, she may not have imagined this moment. But she deeply believed in America where a moment like this is possible, “said Kamala Harris in her first address to the nation as vice president-elect.
“I am thinking of her and of generations of women, black women, Asian women, white women, Latinas, Native American women who throughout our nation’s history have paved the way for this moment tonight,” said the 57-year-old woman. years to loud cheers at an outdoor rally in Joe Biden’s hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, stressing that “I may be the first woman in the office, but I won’t be the last.”
Even as Donald Trump refuses to concede the election, Joe Biden has begun the process of transition to the White House. The coronavirus and economic reactivation have been included as his top priorities.
On Friday, Trump came close to admitting defeat. During a brief speech about the work of the vaccine, Trump insisted that he would never again call for a shutdown to slow the spread of the virus.
Then he added: “Hopefully, what happens in the future, who knows what administration it will be, I guess time will tell.”
(With contributions from AFP)
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