Kamala Harris has rotated an Indian-American Sabrina Singh as her press secretary.
Washington:
Senator Kamala Harris has roped in Indian-American Sabrina Singh, who was previously the spokeswoman for two Democratic presidential candidates, as press secretary for her Democratic vice presidential campaign.
Sabrina Singh, 32, previously ran the press shop of two Democratic presidential candidates – New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Last week, Democratic presumptive vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, 77, chose 55-year-old Indian native Harris as his running mate.
“I’m so excited to win the #BidenHarris ticket as press secretary for @KamalaHarris! Can’t wait to get to work and win in November!”, Said Ms Singh, the first ever Indian-American press secretary to a vice-president nominated from a major political party.
A Los Angeles resident, Ms Singh was a former spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee.
She is the granddaughter of Sardar JJ Singh of the India League of America, a non-profit organization that advocates for the interests of the Native American community in the US.
In the 1940s, JJ Singh, along with a small group of fellow Indians, launched a nationwide campaign against racial discrimination by the United States. This culminated in the then President Harry Truman signing the Luce-Celler Act on July 2, 1946. By signing the law, a quota of 100 Indians a year could immigrate to the United States.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan-American Rohini Kosoglu has been appointed to a higher role to advise Harris. She previously served as a senior adviser to Harris in her Senate and presidential campaign.
Mrs. Harris was a presidential aspirant until last year before she dropped out of the race due to lack of popular support.
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