PC ushers in Diwali applauding NYC move to declare it a public holiday from 2023
Priyanka Chopra welcomed Diwali with a shoutout to Jennifer Rajkumar, the primary Indian American lady to be elected Member of the New York State Meeting, who lobbied to get Diwali declared a public college vacation in New York Metropolis from 2023.
Rajkumar, whose 2020 Meeting race was endorsed by California Congressman Ro Khanna, represents sure neighbourhoods within the Queens and in addition chairs the sub-committee on variety in regulation. New York Metropolis, by the way, is house to greater than 2,00,000 individuals of Indian origin.
Priyanka Chopra, who’s best-known within the U.S. for her efficiency within the FBI drama sequence ‘Quantico’, reposted a video to her Instagram Story the place Rajkumar introduced the information. Together with the video, Chopra wrote: “In any case these years! My teenage self dwelling in Queens is crying tears of pleasure. #representationmatters.”
Final Diwali, Priyanka Chopra, who’ll be seen quickly with Richard Madden within the sci-fi tv sequence ‘The Citadel’, had posted footage of the celebrations at her house, together with her husband, Nick Jonas, attired in Indian garments.
In the meantime, beforehand, Priyanka Chopra spoke about kids’s rights at a lately held convention on the United Nations Normal Meeting (UNGA) in New York.
She took to her Instagram to share the photographs and movies from the occasion the place she will be seen advocating for the trigger and posing with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai and US poet Amanda Gorman.
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