Indian-American Neera Tanden To Debut On US Political Stage

Philadelphia: Indian-American Neera Tanden would make her political debut in the US elections when she stands behind the lectern to address thousands of delegates of the Democratic party and its top leadership in Philadelphia on Wednesday night.

Currently, president of Center for American Progress, Ms Tanden is a close confident of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, and highly speculated as a potential cabinet appointee in her administration.

So far, Neera Tanden, 45, is the only Indian-American to have been invited by the Democratic leadership and the Clinton Campaign to address the ongoing Democratic National Convention.

"I expect to have a full unified party over the next couple of day," Ms Tanden told reporters on the eve of her address to the Democratic National Convention.

She was a key member of the Democratic Platform Committee.

Neera Tanden, who has played an important role in shaping some of the key policy issues of the party, the Obama Administration and the Clinton Campaign alleged that the rhetoric of Donald Trump has been "very hateful".

"He has been very antagonistic towards all immigrants. He does not has a very clear picture of who an American is. And I do not think that that is really welcoming among the South Asian community. You will see in Hillary's speech on Thursday really welcoming everyone and that includes Indian-Americans, includes South Asians and the great diversity of the country," Ms Tanden said.