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India-born Ayesha F Nariman to
contest congressional poll

Ayesha, a Democrat, will contest from the newly configured 26th congressional district in New York in the mid-term polls this year. The seat is currently held by a Republican.

This is the second time in the history of the United States that a person of Indian origin is contesting the congressional elections after Dilip Singh Saund in the sixties.

A Zoroastrian by birth, Ayesha has obtained a MBA from the University of Buffalo with dual majors in financial institutions and markets, and health care systems.

She lives in Willaimsville and has been a US resident for the last 28 years.

PTI

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