Ritu Maheshwari
India Post News Service
MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA: Overseas Friends of BJP organized a meet and greet session with Dr. Vijay Chauthaiwale ji on Friday, Sep. 30th 2022. He is In-Charge of BJP Foreign Affairs Dept and global OFBJP and a Member of National Executive, Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been coordinating with Indian Diaspora worldwide through BJP’s global outreach platform, Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP). OFBJP has chapters in more than 40 countries.
He is visiting US as part of External Affairs Minister S. Jayshankar’s visit for U.N. General Assembly session and meetings with Washington D.C. officials.
Dr. Chauthaiwale started by extolling the contributions of Indian diaspora across the world in building brand India. He mentioned that Prime Minister Modi recognizes the power and value of overseas Indians in acting as informal brand ambassadors for India. To represent India in the right way, he urged everyone to be abreast of the developments and progress happening in India. He suggested that mygov.in is a good source for all the latest developments.
He also mentioned that Indian government has been focusing on a holistic development of India that includes focus on helping people in lower strata, to improving infrastructure, to working on innovation. He mentioned that India has increased the number of unicorns tremendously in last few years.
He also took questions from the community members in attendance. He shared his thoughts on a wide range of topics from social to politics. In closing his message for all Indian Americans here to build bridges with main stream community, and help build a positive people to people relationship with India.