By IANS
Chandigarh : With Bobby Jindal’s election as governor of the US state of Louisiana, it was celebration time in his ancestral village Maler Kotla in Punjab as his relatives and others danced to the tunes of bhangra and distributed sweets.
“We are really proud that Bobby has won the governor’s race,” an excited Gulshan Jindal, a cousin of Jindal, said.
“He has made us all happy and proud.”
Another relative said it was a big day for the entire family.
As the news of Jindal’s victory reached the town in Sangrur district, people started greeting one other and broke into impromptu bhangra dances as the Jindal family distributed sweets.
US Republican Jindal, 36, became the first-ever person of Indian descent to become governor of any of the US states.
Jindal, the son of Indian immigrant parents, won 444,550 votes or 53 percent of the votes. He will become the country’s youngest governor in office when he takes over in January.