Ioc Usa Celebrates Democracy And Birthday Of Sri Rahul Gandhi

Well over one thousand Indian Overseas Congress USA leaders and members
gathered at major cities in USA and held events to celebrate the triumph of the
democratic principles and norms in INDIA culminating with the successful joint
effort of the Indian Congress Party and I.N.D.I.A during the past Lok Sabha
elections. President Mohinder Singh Gilzian spear-headed and coordinated the
grand celebrations in different IOC USA locations in USA and conveyed the
facilitations of Mr. Sam Pitroda ji to all attendees celebrating the event.
The celebrations coincided with the 54 th Birthday of Sri Rahul Gandhi ji and
multiple toasts were joyfully proposed to him at each location with warm wishes
for his good health and success in the future. The love and affection that Sri
Rahul Gandhi ji had received from millions upon millions of people during his two
BHARAT JODO YATRAS resonated with the crowds and filled the convention halls
with cheers. Birthday cakes were cut at all celebrating locations with moods
rising to high gear.

In New York, Vice President of IOC USA John Joseph, had a very impressive
gathering of a large number of Congress supporters in Nassau County of New
York. With the great assistance of Vice President Baldev Singh Randhawa and
General Secretary Ms. Sophia Sharma, Esq. the celebrations hit a high score and
tone. They emphasized the definite need to investigate the EVM issues, now that
we had a sizeable number of opposition members in parliament. Mr. Mohinder
Singh Gilzian was visibly very pleased to note the manner and scale these
celebrations had assumed and he congratulated everyone. Mr. Amar S. Gulshan
Ghotra, Ms. Leela Merat, Mr. Imran Pasha, Mr. Rajiv Gowda and other leaders
spoke eloquently and traced the historical successes of the Indian Congress Party.

In New Jersey, the Working President of IOC USA Northeast Zone Mr. Pradeep
Samala declared open the exciting event which was attended by a gathering of
over 400 guests. Prominent IOC officials such as, Mr. Rajeshwar Reddy, Mr.Ram
Gadula, Mr. Harkesh Thakur, Mr. Peter Kothari, Mr. Gurmit Gill, Mr. Rajeev
Mohan, and other leaders all addressed the audience on the importance of the
recent INC.’s collaborative successes with the INDIA group. Entertainment, music
and dance performances kept the audience thrilled and fully engaged throughout
the event. It was significant that the powerful support provided by IOC.USA
supporters was instrumental to the new achievements and the superior gains at
this year’s elections.

In San Francisco, The Chairman of the IOC USA West Coast Zone, Dr. Harmesh
Kumar and General Secretary Mr. Gurinderpal Singh organized a meeting where
dozens of members and supporters converged to celebrate democracy and the
strong unity of the INC party with I.N.D.I.A Alliance. Discussions included
collaborative and concerted efforts and strategic AI planning for the future. They
sent warm greetings and Birthday Wishes to Shri Rahul Gandhi ji and are looking
forward for his next visit to San Francisco.

In Dallas, the Working President of IOC.USA South-East Zone Mr. Gurdev Singh
Hayer celebrated the event early in a happy and festive mood. He was joined by
Jaswinder Randawa, Mohinder Masihna, Manjinder Rai and Tony Puriwal. All
speakers felt that the unity of the leaders, members, volunteers and voters was
steadfast, and it produced significant gains even though it fell slightly short of the
minimum requirement. However, it was a lesson learnt for the future and they
said we will leave no stone unturned in the future. After the cutting of the Cake,
they sang joyously “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” to Sri Rahul Gandhi sent him warm wishes
similar to at the ceremonies held at other locations of IOC.USA.

In Washington D.C. the Chapter President Mr. Johnson Myalil held an elegant
gathering of over 70 professionals which was attended by Chief Guest retired
Ambassador of India Mr. Venu Rajamony ji, and Secretary General of IOC.USA and
Keynote Speaker Mr. Harbachan Singh ji and Mr. Frank Islam ji a prominent leader
in the Washington D.C. area followed by several other learned leaders. Mr. Myalil
recalled the past successes of the Congress party and expressed confidence and
optimism that the Indian Congress Party will raise the bar even higher this time. A
healthy discourse took place and a searching question and answer session with
the audience ensued. The new Chapter head of the Maryland Chapter also
received his letter of appointment. The IOC chapter members felt motivated and
committed themselves to support and achieve even greater success in the future.

In Chicago, the event was organized under the aegis of Mr. Satheesan Nair who is
the President of the IOC USA Kerela Chapter. Senior IOC USA leader Mr. Thomas
Mathew opened the celebratory event and congratulated every member of the
audience. Many speakers spoke on the dire need to focus on the economy,
unemployment, environment, education, inflation, agriculture and the special
needs of the senior citizens. Several leaders of Kerala Chapter made very
interesting analytical remarks and vouched to work even much harder now.

At the conclusion, General Secretary Ms. Sophia Sharma, Esq. received award in
recognition of her excellent performance, ongoing commitment and dedicated
service.