Over 30 South Asian American constituents of Virginia’s 10th congressional district rallied in Ashburn on the evening of October 28 to protest candidate Suhas Subramanyam’s receipt of donations from out-of-state donors who are allegedly linked to support for Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist prime minister of India.
Chants of “Suhas has got to go” rang out at Ashburn Park. “We cannot afford another Modi in Virginia,” said Pawan Singh of Leesburg at the rally.
Singh says he was inspired by my recent research on Subramanyam’s funding which shows he has taken approximately $80,000 from donors linked to Modi. Some of these even traveled to India to help elect Modi. Many are leaders in American affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the paramilitary parent organization of Modi’s political party.
Protesters held signs reading: “Modi kills North Americans. Modi’s sympathizers fund Suhas. Suhas endangers America.”
Last year, Canada accused Modi’s government of assassinating a Canadian citizen in the Vancouver region. Over the past ten months, the Department of Justice has indicted two Indian nationals for attempting to assassinate a Sikh-American attorney in New York City who criticizes Modi’s government.
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