Young MPs date with Hillary Clinton

Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:47 PM

JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER

by Rob Sanchez
March 01, 2005 No. 1207

Hillary Clinton made quite an impression during her three day visit to
India. Naveen Jindal, a 35 year-old member of the Indian Parliment
(MP), had the following comments about Hillary:

"She was amazing. We all were very excited"

The meeting was "short but sweet"

Hillary dressed for the occasion, and her audience of young Indian
politicians took notice. Perhaps this explains why her male audience
got so excited:

"She looked stunning in her black trousers and fuchsia
coloured silk jacket".

Madhu Goud Yaskhi is a New York attorney who also is an elected
politician in India. He asked Clinton if the number of H-1B visas were
going to be increased and he got the answer he was hoping for. Clinton
assured Yaskhi that the Democrats will vote in favor in an increase.
Considering that Hillary is becoming the leader of the Democratic
Party, and is positioning herself for a presidential run, her
endorsement of increasing the H-1B cap doesn't bode well for the future
of American workers. (Read the previous newsletter for Hillary's
promise not to stop the outsourcing of our jobs to India.)

Clinton assured Yaskhi, who asked if there was a move to
increase H1-B visas, that the Democrats would support such
a move in the senate.

Yaskhi said he will remember his meeting with Hillary forever and
that's no surprise considering her stunning attire and her enthusiasm
for H-1B. His statement below is very disturbing and not just because
he thinks Hillary is "sweet". Yaskhi is probably a naturalized citizen
of the United States because his law practice is at least 10 years old,
and yet at the same time he is an elected official in India's Congress.
We can only imagine what he has in mind when he said he is going to use
his dual-citizenship to interface with 20 million Indians.

"When I told her that I was once her constituent and was now
a member of the Indian parliament, she asked me about what I
was doing, why I had come back and how I felt here.
She was very sweet," Yaskhi said.

For more on Yaskhi go to his autobiography at:
http://www.nriinternet.com/Section3Who/WhoAsia/India/NRIinPolitics/MadhuBakshiMP/indexMadhu.htm

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http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1262538,0008.htm

New Delhi, March 1: She came, she spoke and she conquered - US Senator
Hillary Clinton left an indelible impression on young and first-time
Indian MPs during an all-too-brief 15-minute interaction with them
during her visit here.

"She was amazing. We all were very excited," gushed first-time Congress
MP Naveen Jindal when asked about the meeting during Clinton's
three-day visit to India last week.

The meeting, though "short but sweet", gave the MPs a chance to listen
to her views on India-US relations, share their concerns about the two
democratic countries and ask her questions about various issues ranging
from Iraq to new US visa rules.

The MPs, who were completely bowled over by the former US first lady,
did not conceal their excitement about the meeting.

"She looked stunning in her black trousers and fuchsia coloured silk
jacket," said one of them.

"But she smartly dodged our queries on her prospect of becoming the
next American president," said Jitin Prasada, also a first time
Congress MP.

Many MPs pointed out that Clinton spoke of her "special bonding" with
India.

"India has been closer to my heart since I visited this country with my
daughter Chelsea in 1995. That bond strengthened when I visited here
with my husband (former US president Bill Clinton)," one of the 25-odd
MPs who attended the meeting quoted Hillary Clinton as saying.

"Chelsea also still cherishes her memories about India. It's vital to
have closer interactions between the two democratic countries," the
senator added.

When Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, a former
minister, asked Clinton about the US' "tilt" towards Pakistan, she
admitted that India played a crucial role in fighting terrorism, but
said the US wanted Pakistan also to do that.

"She was very diplomatic, supported the Bush government's foreign
policies and was frank enough to say that she also believed an
immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq would not be good," Madhu Goud
Yaskhi, a New York attorney who won his first Lok Sabha victory on the
Congress ticket, told IANS.

Clinton assured Yaskhi, who asked if there was a move to increase H1-B
visas, that the Democrats would support such a move in the senate.

Yaskhi will forever remember the meeting.

"When I told her that I was once her constituent and was now a member
of the Indian parliament, she asked me about what I was doing, why I
had come back and how I felt here. She was very sweet," Yaskhi said.

To businessman-turned-politician Vijay Mallya, who spoke of the
difficulties Indians faced due to visa restrictions, Clinton said: "You
have to understand what we are going through in the post-September 11
scenario. One has to live with this."

The senator also urged the Indian government to facilitate investors if
it wanted to improve inflows into the country.

"I would always prefer India to China because it's a democratic
country," she told Jyotiraditya Scindia of the Congress.

Where necessary, Clinton did not hesitate to call a spade a spade.

"You do not have good airports or good roads, so how will you attract
investments. Look at China, they have developed all the infrastructure
facilities required," she maintained.

Onkar Singh Kanwar, president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry, and banker Deepak Bagla, apart from a few other
businessmen also attended the meeting, organised by the Young
Parliamentarians' Forum.

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http://www.indian-elections.com/young-first-timers.html

NAVEEN JINDAL (Congress)

Age: 35 year

Profile: Mr. Naveen Jindal, Vice Chairman and MD, Jindal Steel and
Power was declared a winner from Kurukshetra (Haryana) constituency.

Won by: 1,60,190 votes.

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