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US MP Raja Krishnamurthy on Tuesday presented a proposal in Parliament to celebrate the month of January as Tamil Language and Heritage Month. After presenting the proposal, Raja posted on X and wrote –
As a Tamil American, I am proud to introduce this resolution that honors the Tamil language, heritage and culture in the US and around the world.
A group of 14 MPs were also with Raja in support of this proposal presented on the occasion of Pongal. Those who supported also included 5 Indian-origin MPs Ro Khanna, Ami Bera, Shri Thanedar, Pramila Jaipal and Suhas Subramaniam.
According to the report of Economics Times, anti-India leader Ilhan Omar was also among those who supported the proposal. Ilhan takes an anti-India stance on the Kashmir issue and has supported Pakistan.
Apart from these, those who supported also included MPs Jan Nicole Malliotakis, Yvette Clark, Sarah Jacobs, Deborah Ross, Danny Davis, Dina Titus, Don Davis and Summer Lee.
Number of Tamil speakers in America is 3.6 lakh
Raja Krishnamurthy said in the proposal presented in the Parliament that the number of Tamil speakers across the world is 8 crores. Of these, 3.6 lakh are Americans. Raja wrote that the Pongal festival of these people is very special. In the proposal, the MP mentioned that Tamil is the oldest language in the world.
Tamil Americans United, an organization associated with Tamil speakers in America, thanked Raja Krishnamurthy for this proposal. The organization has asked Tamil Americans to cooperate in passing this resolution.
Another organization Federation of Tamil Sangam of North American (FeTNA) also supported the proposal. The organization said that we Tamils have a lot to contribute to this country we call our home.
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti also celebrated the festival of Pongal on Tuesday.
Who is Raja Krishnamurthy?
Raja Krishnamurthy is the leader of the Democratic Party. He was elected for the first time in 2017 as an MP from a district in the American state of Illinois. He was also made a member of two committees of the House of Representatives.
Raja was born in 1973 in Delhi. He went to America in his childhood. There he earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Princeton University and a law degree from Harvard Law School. Before becoming an MP, he had worked as Deputy Treasurer of Illinois.
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