Ending months of speculation, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is likely to announce his 2016 presidential bid in New Orleans.
Jindal, 44, was replaced by John Bel Edwards of the Democratic Party, who was won the elections last November.
A portrait of Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has sparked a racial controversy in the US with the Republican presidential aspirant appearing to be a white man in the painting instead of his actual skin tone.
With 3,942 or the 3,967 precincts reporting after the polls closed at 8 pm on October 20, Jindal had received a massive 685,555 votes or 53.69 percent, which put him over the top of the magic 50 percentile that precludes a November run-off and automatically makes him the next governor of this Cajun state
Indian-origin Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal took the oath of office for his second term before hundreds of people, with a focus on education and a pledge not to rest on the accomplishments of his first four years. "I Bobby Jindal do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and laws of this state," Jindal said as State Supreme Court Justice Catherine Kimball administered the oath on Monday.
After becoming the first ever Indian American to be elected Governor last year, Jindal has been given a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention at prime time, making him the first Indian American to speak at the political convention of a major party.Republican party sources told rediff.com that while it is unlikely that Jindal will be McCain's vice presidential nominee, he nonetheless remains "a strong voice on behalf of Senator McCain."
'The height of irony is that Bobby Jindal will always be known as the first Indian-American Governor, the second Indian-American Congressman and the first Indian-American Presidential candidate, regardless of his claim to be just American. Given the situation in the US, no one will be able to erase his identity in relation to his origin.'
"I just have a fundamental disagreement with this package. When it was originally proposed, it was talked about as target tax cuts as well as infrastructure investment," said Jindal. He has even turned down $ 100 million of federal money saying he would have to permanently change the state law for this temporary benefit. Jindal also accused Obama of not having a bi-partisan approach on the stimulus bill.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal told Fox News on Wednesday he will not run for vice president on the Republican ticket
A charitable foundation headed by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's wife Supriya Jindal, has accepted around USD 790,000 from nine companies that funded the election campaign of her husband, a Washington-based non-partisan watch dog has said.
While he has offered his support to the candidacy of Rick Perry, Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal has no plans to join the Republican as his running mate in the 2012 presidential election.
Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has escaped unhurt after a large rental truck sideswiped his SUV while he was returning home from his son's football game in Baton Rouge.
Top Republican leader and current Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal is planning to run for president in 2016, a top United States Senator from his home state has said.
Louisiana's Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal has trashed Barack Obama, saying the US President was the "most liberal and incompetent president since Jimmy Carter".
Indian American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has a good chance of being selected as vice-presidential running mate of Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, a media report has said.
With Mitt Romney on his three-nation tour, Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, one of his top possible running mates for November polls, is leading the Republican campaign against United States President Barack Obama in battleground states, where he slammed the incumbent's economic policies.
With Mitt Romney on his three-nation tour, Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, one of his top possible running mates for November polls, is leading the Republican campaign against United States President Barack Obama in battleground states, where he slammed the incumbent's economic policies.
Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has for the first time acknowledged that he is considering a 2016 presidential run and will make a decision on it after the November Congressional polls.
India-born Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has criticised United States President Barack Obama for being not connected to ground realities in his latest book.
He promised a "New Louisiana" that will be a magnet for the dreamers, the risk-takers, the adventurers, the leaders of America's new economy, Jindal said immediately after being sworn in as Louisiana's 55th governor.
Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has rejected Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's claim that President Barack Obama won November 6 elections with "gifts" to voters and asked his party colleagues to "stop being the stupid party."
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is backing Rick Perry for president, a major endorsement for the Texas governor as the campaign for the Republican nomination enters the crucial fall stretch of the primary calendar, CNN reported.
The Indian Americans will be awarded the medal for theri contribution to strengthening of Indo-US relations and philanthropic work in both India and the US, at an award ceremony on May 10 at the historic Ellis Island in New York City.
Indian-American Bobby Jindal on Wednesday night announced his candidature for the 2016 US presidential elections, making him the 13th Republican aspirant to target the White House in this election cycle.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has called for the federal government to respond promptly to the BP oil spill which has occurred off the Louisiana coast. The spill which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 0, 2010 has spread rapidly and poses a severe threat to the wildlife in the marshes that dot the Louisiana coast. The blowout caused an explosion which led to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform.
Two-term Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, the first ever Indian-American to be elected as a state Governor, is among the shortlisted candidates for Trump's Cabinet, according to a media report.
Louisiana's Republican Governor-elect, Piyush 'Bobby' Jindal, has broken his silence over the murders of the two Indian graduate students on the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge last week, and said he hopes the perpetrators of this horrific crime will be brought to justice soon.
The Hurricane Dolly plummeting the Texas coast thwarted a high-profile event of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who was to fly to an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and meet Indian-American Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal, being seen as a possible running mate.Media analysts said the event -- at which McCain was to raise the issue of offshore oil drilling and technology that made it safe -- was aimed at stealing some thunder from his Democratic rival Obama.
In the fifth part of the series on Indian Americans who won the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships, Arthur J Pais profiles Rina Thomas, daughter of Indian immigrant doctors settled in New Orleans.
Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal once again found himself at the butt of jokes after he invited questions on Twitter which attracted a barrage of tweets with people asking bizarre questions, poking fun at him.
In 2003, Jindal, a Republican, ran and won from the 1st District after the incumbent Congressman David Vitter vacated the seat to run for the Senate. Sangisetty, an attorney, is running from the nearby 3rd District in the surrounding area of New Orleans, as the Democratic incumbent Charlie Melancon is leaving to challenge Senator Vitter in the Senate race.
Jindal has been against the idea of doubling legislators' salaries. But he baulked at the notion of vetoing the legislation, leading to a campaign to recall him.During his gubernatorial campaign last year, Jindal pledged to prohibit an immediate legislative pay raise. He has until July 8 to veto the bill, or it will become a law.Tempers have been rising in the state ever since law makers, during the recent legislative session, raised their annual base salary.
Bobby Jindal, the Indian American Governor of Louisiana, may become the first person from the community to occupy the US President's office, feels a former White House aide.
Immediately after announcing his candidacy for United States presidentship, Bobby Jindal, the first ever Indian-American to run for White House, faced a frontal attack by Democrats on Thursday, who poked fun at his presidency run and termed his record as governor "dismal".
Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, in spotlight as attention focuses on his state's response to Hurricane Gustav, has said thousands of people who had left their homes following evacuation orders may be able to return in the next few days."People should be able to return home over the next several days. Within 24 hours of telling us they're ready, we can reverse the trains and buses and planes that took them out of harm's way," Jindal said.
