US: Kamla Harris Appoints Sabrina Singh as Her Press Secretary

In a bid to woo the more than four million Indian Americans in the US ahead of the November elections, Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, has appointed Sabrina Singh as her press secretary.

The appointment of the 32-year-old, Sabrina is seen as a move to counter the reports that Kamala Harris has strong views about Kashmir and in favor of Pakistan. The reports could adversely affect her chances in the coming elections. Sabrina Singh, through her twitter handle, however confirmed that she was excited to join Harris. Indian Americans are one of the fastest growing, wealthiest and most educated demographic groups in the US. They constitute a strong vote bank in the US and naturally politicians work hard to woo them.

Kamala Harris has strong views on Kashmir but has refrained from taking a strident position on it so far. However, her statement last year that Kashmiris are’ ’not alone’’ and her Party was ‘’keeping track’’ on the situation, has been strongly criticized in India. In January Sabrina Singh was appointed national spokesperson for Michael Bloomberg’s Presidential campaign. Millionaire Bloomberg, a three-term former mayor of New York City, had announced his White House run last November as a Democratic aspirant. Coming with a varied experience in politics Sabrina Singh also served as a regional communications director for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign in 2016. Married to Mike Smith, Sabrina Singh comes from a family deep-rooted in American politics. Her grandfather JJ Singh was the head of India League of America, back in the 1940s. Sabrina Singh’s family belonged to Abbottabad (now in Pakistan). The family came to the US before partition in 1947.