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    Newsmakers of the Week                                                    MAY 22, 2026     |  The Indian Eye 34

                             NEWSMAKERS OF THE WEEK

                       Selected stories about Indian diaspora from our website www.theindianeye.com

                                     RO KHANNA                                                     KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH

                  Democrat defends outreach to                                  Minister highlights India’s “holistic

                        conservative audiences                                     approach” to welfare of diaspora

                                                                                      ew York, NY: India has adopt-
                                                                                      ed  a  “holistic  approach”  to
                                                                                Nmigration governance, placing
                                                                                the “welfare, protection and empow-
                                                                                erment of emigrants at its core,” af-
                                                                                firmed Minister of State for External
                                                                                Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh.
                                                                                    Speaking  at  a  special  event  or-
                                                                                ganised by the Permanent Mission of
                                                                                India to the UN on the margins of the
                                                                                second International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), Singh highlighted In-
                                                                                dia’s “pioneering” digital initiatives designed to facilitate mobility and safeguard
                                                                                its citizens abroad.
                                                                                    “The Indian migration story is both vast and dynamic. We have a diaspora of
                                                                                over 34 million people spread all across the globe, encompassing more than 200
                     ashington, DC:  Democratic  Congressman  Ro  Khanna  on  Sunday   countries, and our global community has served to connect economies, cultures,
                     (local time) defended his outreach to conservative audiences after   and ideas through many centuries,” he stated.
            WUS President Donald Trump launched a series of Truth Social posts      The Minister noted that the Indian diaspora’s contributions, ranging from
            attacking both Khanna and Fox News, accusing the network of undermining the   remittances and investments to knowledge exchange, are vital to India’s growth
            MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement by platforming Democrats.  as well as the development of their host nations.
                Congressman  Khanna  on  Sunday  (local  time)  appeared  on  Fox  News   He explained that India’s framework treats migration as a “continuum” that
            programme “The Sunday Briefing” and discussed an economic agenda fo-  spans “pre-departure preparation, safe transit, dignified employment, and even-
            cused on rebuilding American manufacturing, including steel, shipbuilding,   tual return and reintegration back into our societies.”
            and battery plants in struggling industrial communities.                Singh showcased the “pioneering initiative” of the ‘e-Migrate’ platform to
                Reacting to Trump’s criticism, Khanna framed his media strategy as es-  the global audience, demonstrating how India is harnessing digital innovation.
            sential for Democratic revival and national unity.                      The mobile application provides seamless access to essential services, in-
                In a post on X, he said, “Trump’s second attack of the day on me”, adding   cluding tracking application status, identifying registered or blacklisted recruit-
            that his willingness to appear on conservative media was deliberate, not acci-  ment agents, and filing of grievances.”
            dental. He said, “This is why I go on Fox.”                             India’s  Permanent  Representative  to  the  UN,  Ambassador  Harish  Par-
                He argued that Democrats must reconnect with working-class commu-  vathaneni, observed that the IMRF gathering arrives at a time when “migration
            nities through a manufacturing-focused economic message. He said, “This is   and migrants have become a politically contested terrain.”
            why I talk about an economic agenda to build steel, ship & battery plants in   He reaffirmed that India remains “firmly committed” to legal and regular
            hollowed out communities.”                                          migration pathways.
                Khanna also stressed the importance of engaging Trump supporters di-  “With an Indian diaspora of 34 million spread almost in all parts of the
            rectly instead of treating them with hostility. He said, “This is why I talk to   world, we have a firm and vital interest in ensuring regular migration pathways
            everyone, including Trump voters, without hurling insults.”         are encouraged, solidified, and strengthened. Yet we are also very clear that
                He added by presenting the approach as a path toward electoral success   the distinction between migrants and refugees should be very, very clear,” Par-
            and  political  reconciliation.  “This  is  how  Democrats  will  win  &  unite  the   vathaneni said. The Ambassador further highlighted the application of the India
            country,” he said.                                                  digital stack in creating population-scale solutions for migrant welfare.
                Trump on Sunday (local time), through a lengthy Truth Social post, ac-  He expressed India’s readiness to partner with other nations to help them
            cused  Fox  News  of  allowing  Democratic  figures  to  spread  “lies”  without   adopt similar open-source digital platforms for the effective management and
            meaningful “rebuttal” from anchors, targeting “The Sunday Briefing” co-an-  protection of their migrant communities.
            chor Jacqui Heinrich.
                In the post, he said, “You could listen to FoxNews all day long, absolutely           PARMJIT PARMAR
            devour it, but then, when you hear sleazebags, like Congressman Ro Khanna, “a
            wolf in sheep’s clothing,” lie, lie, lie, and lie again, without any pushback, or com-  Executive sentenced to Five Years in
            petent rebuttal from an anchor, in this case, Jacqui Heinrich, the entire Common
            Sense dialogue that has been going on all day at Fox is completely obliterated!”  Prison for $212 Million Fraud
                Trump questioned why Fox continued inviting Democratic voices on its pro-
            grams. He said, “Why would Fox put scum like this on, or others, such as Low   ewark, NJ:  The  former  chief  executive  officer  of  a  publicly  traded
            Rated Bill Maher, who gains “credibility” by constant referral to him as though   healthcare services company was sentenced on May 5, 2026, for his role
            he were a Liberal source of “Wisdom,” or very Low IQ Hakeem Jeffries, who  Nin a large-scale conspiracy to defraud investors in connection with the
            considers the Supreme Court “illegitimate,” and probably hates our Country.”                                 Continued on next page... >>

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