“I’ll reach out to our allies again and work with them to tackle global problems. America’s partnership with India will be among the most important,” the former First Lady said in an opinion piece in India Abroad. “From globalisation and nuclear proliferation to climate change and terrorism, India matters more than ever,” Clinton said.

Reminding the community, which has become a powerful voice in domestic politics, that she is no stranger to India, Clinton recalled her visits to the country and reminisced about her meeting with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her address to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

The Democratic front-runner said she was “honoured to represent a thriving Indian-American community, among the most successful immigrants in our nation’s history”. “Our two great democracies must be strategic partners, bound together by shared values and common interests,” Senator Clinton said.

India votes too
As Democrats of 22 states in the US get ready to go to polls, they will be joined for the first time by their compatriots settled abroad, with a voting booth to be opened in New Delhi. A restaurant in Lodhi Colony will be transformed into a polling station, where Democrat members could cast votes. For the first time, ‘Democrats Abroad’ will go to polls as part of a Global Presidential Primary starting from Feb 5 in 100 countries.