Prominent PIOs call for regime change

Supporting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s vision on immigration and terrorism, prominent Indian-Americans have said the mood in the US is “anti-establishment” and the country cannot afford any more of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s “bad judgements”.

The current mood not only in America but across the world is “anti-establishment”, eminent New York attorney Anand Ahuja, Vice President of political action committee ‘Indian- Americans For Trump 2016’, told PTI on Sunday.

“People are sick of career politicians. Regime change is the call of the day, if we take that into consideration, there is possibility that Trump will be president,” he said.

Mr Trump is being projected as anti-immigrant but the New York-based billionaire is not against legal immigration but illegal immigrants, Ahuja said.

“Trump is saying that we should stop illegal immigration and the waiting period from the front door should be reduced. Why should legal immigrants have to wait for so long to come (and settle) in this country,” Ahuja said.

Renowned attorney Rajiv Khanna said Mr Trump, as a president, would be a good partner for India, particularly in the issue of dealing with terrorism and Mr Trump is the right person to deal with it.

“Trump may not be politically correct always but he understands what radical Islam is doing to this world,” he said, citing Mr Trump’s comments that Muslims in the US have to be the “eyes and ears” and report any suspicious behaviour.

“I am not one of the people who believes that you should ignore a problem. If the problem is there the problem is there. I do believe that radical Islam is bad for the world, not just for India and the US, but it is bad for the world. It needs to be dealt with and addressed,” Khanna said.

He does not condone Mr Trump’s behaviour towards women and that he needs to change in this regard, Khanna said, adding that while Bill Clinton is one of his all time favourite presidents, he is not proud of his record with women either.