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Ro Khanna-led US Congressional Member Delegation to visit India, attend Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech
Ro Khanna
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Ro Khanna-led US Congressional Member Delegation to visit India, attend Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech

| @indiablooms | 09 Aug 2023, 04:44 pm

US Congressmen, Ro Khanna and Michael Waltz, who are also co-chairs of the House India caucus will lead a bipartisan Congressional Member Delegation to India when they will attend PM Narendra Modi's Independence Day address on August 15.

Both US lawmakers will visit Red Fort where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address India on August 15, India’s Independence Day. They will meet with business, tech, government, and Bollywood leaders in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and New Delhi and visit Raj Ghat, a historic memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, reports ANI.

During the delegation's visit to India,  Congressmen Khanna and Waltz will be joined by  Reps Deborah Ross (NC-D), Kat Cammack (FL-R), Shri Thanedar (MI-D), and Jasmine Crockett (TX-D) as well as fellow Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans members Reps. Rich McCormick (GA-R) and Ed Case (HI-D).

Who is Ro Khanna?

Khanna represents California's 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is serving his fourth term.

He serves on the House Armed Services Committee as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems (CITI), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, a member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and on the Oversight and Accountability committee, where he previously chaired the Environmental Subcommittee, according to Khanna's website.

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