India’s partnership with the United States will continue to grow whether a Republican or Democrat is elected to the White House in the November elections, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has suggested.Jaishankar’s assertion comes against the backdrop of the two sides competing to woo the 1.2 million Indian-American community that has emerged as a key constituency in battleground states that could settle the race with wafer-thin margins.
“If you look at the last four American presidents, two Republicans, and two Democrats — each very different from the other.
Yet, each raised the level of relationship with India further,” Jaishankar said in response to a question if Donald Trump was better for India or Joe Biden.
The approach of the two parties towards Indian Americans is seen to reflect their standpoint on India as well.
Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for president has named Senator Kamala Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, as his running mate.
