Sakshi Venkatraman is a reporter for NBC Asian America.
Indian American voters supporting Kamala Harris’ presidential ticket have a new rallying cry: LOTUS for POTUS. It stems from a translation of the vice president’s first name. “Kamala” in the classical South Asian language Sanskrit means “lotus,” a flower native to the region that’s significant across many religions on the subcontinent. Abhay Dandekar took notice of this the Monday morning after President Joe Biden announced he was exiting the race.
During his address to a joint meeting of Congress last year, Modi praised Harris and invoked her Indian roots, drawing massive applause from the crowd and smiles from the vice president. Despite the tenuous lotus connection, others weighed in after Dandekar with graphics of their own, including the American flag superimposed onto a lotus flower with “Harris 2024” as a tagline.
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