Indians in US welcome Obama win

GOOD NEWS: With Obama winning the race, Indian Americans say they will support him.

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New York: Welcoming Barack Obama clinching nomination as Deomcratic party's presidential candidate, a large number of Indian Americans feel it is good news for the community as well as for India.

Inder Singh, president of Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), said, "It is the first time that the country has chosen a candidate beyond colour, and it is a sign of growing multiculturalism."

Since Indian Americans traditionally support Democrats, and had sided more with Hillary Clinton than with Obama, with him winning the race against her they will support him, Singh, who is himself a Republican, said.

"If elected President, Obama will be good not only for the South Asian community but for the US too," he said.

Singh added that now India cannot be ignored nor slighted no matter who becomes the US president.

Raj Mehta, who founded New York Indian Political Action Committee, praised Obama for running a great campaign and for showing that the country is ready for change.

Himself a Clinton supporter, Mehta said, "Clinton had a record of supporting the Indian community, something Obama lacks. But her supporters in the Indian American community now will have no hesitation in supporting Obama because they are loyal Democrats."

Anhoni Patel, spokesperson for a group called South Asians for Obama, too believed that all Democrats will now unite behind Obama. She believed both Obama and Clinton would have been good for the South Asian community, but he brings something extra, given his background as son of an immigrant.

Udai Tambar, member of Obama's urban policy committee, is "ecstatic" at Obama becoming presumptive presidential candidate. He said, "Obama is good for the South Asian community, for India and for the whole world, because of the global perspective he gained from personal experience, living off mainland America for long, among other things."