An Indian-American has been elected as a Republican delegate for a record fourth consecutive term to the party’s July convention in Cleveland which would formally nominate real-estate tycoon Donald Trump as its presidential candidate.
Sampat Shivangi, the national president of Indian-American Forum for Political Education and a long-time Republican leader, was recently elected as national delegate for the fourth consecutive term — a record for the community.
Convention from July 17-22
The Republican convention in Cleveland is scheduled to be held from July 17 to July 22.
Mr. Shivangi was first elected as a delegate at the Republican convention in New York City in 2004, to nominate President George W. Bush.
Thereafter, he was elected as the national delegate in 2008 at Minneapolis to nominate John McCain and in 2012 at Tampa, to nominate Mitt Romney.
Great political spectacle
“I feel this will be a great political spectacle of our times and I am fortunate enough to witness and participate,” he said in a statement.
The Indian-American Forum, along with Ohio Community leaders and with FIA, AAPI will be hosting a reception on the sidelines of the Convention to honour the Indian ambassador to the U.S. Arun Kumar Singh on July 19, a media release said.
