Its not about religion or bobby's views on India that matter its about celebrating his achievements in such short time and also recognizing some one of us being able to make it big with his hard work......some other examples of Indians doin well abroad in politics(source TOI) Gurbax Malhi : Elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1993, became the first %u2018turbaned%u2019 Sikh to enter a legislature anywhere in the West. Before 1993, Canadian law prohibited anybody wearing a headgear from contesting its parliament.
But Malhi%u2019s insistence resulted in a change of law after his election. Malhi was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004 election. Originating from Chaugha Kalan in Moga, he migrated to Canada in 1975 after graduating from Panjab University. He worked as a factory worker and a real estate agent.
Herb Dhaliwal : The first Indian-Canadian to enter the Canadian cabinet as minister of revenue in 1997. He won his first election to the House of Commons in 1993 along with Gurbax Malhi on a Liberal ticket. Dhaliwal was made minister of fisheries and oceans in 1999 and later minister of natural resources. His family migrated to Canada from Punjab when he was six. He is one of the richest persons in Canada.
Nina Grewal and Ruby Dhalla : Both are first Sikh women to serve in the Canadian House of Commons. Grewal and Dhalla were elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 2004. Dhalla, who finished second in the Miss India-Canada pageant in 1993, has worked as