Indian American gets key role for 2014 US polls
March 21, 2013  13:57
Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera has been given a key responsibility in the Democratic Party to reach out to the immigrant community in the run-up to the 2014 US Congressional elections. 

The 48-year-old Bera, a physician by profession, has been made one of the two chairs of the New America Council along with Congressman Keith Ellison. 

New Americas Council Chairs will lead outreach efforts to immigrant communities and other new Americans, critical parts of the rising American electorate that is crucial to Democrats' success in 2014, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Steve Israel said in a statement.
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