Farm laws: Seven US lawmakers, including Pramila Jayapal, write to Mike Pompeo over farmer protests
They said that although the agitation is of particular concern to Sikh-Americans linked to Punjab, it also heavily impacted other Indian-Americans.
Pramila Jayapal, an Indian-American member of the US Congress, is one of the signatories.
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Seven lawmakers in the United States, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take up the ongoing farmers’ protest in Delhi with his Indian counterpart, reported PTI on Friday.
In a letter dated December 23, the American lawmakers told Pompeo that although the agitation is of particular concern to Sikh-Americans linked to Punjab, it also heavily impacted other Indian-Americans from various Indian states.