'She did all on her personal’, says US vice president-elect Kamala Harris’s uncle

Kamala Harris took to Twitter to say that she and president-elect Joe Biden will work to unify the nation, sort out the challenges, and renew the promise of America

By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Occasions, New Delhi

UPDATED ON JAN 20, 2021 02:20 PM IST

As US vice president-elect Kamala Harris heads to take oath on Wednesday, her family members again in India showered praises for her achievements and lauded her for doing it “all on her own.”

“There's no message I can give, I didn't help her become VP. She did all on her own. All that I'll tell her is 'do whatever Shyamala(Kamala Harris' mother) taught you. You've been doing fine so far, keep it up.' It's all I can say,” her maternal uncle Gopalan Balachandran, who is predicated in Delhi, informed information company ANI.

Harris’ village in Tamil Nadu’s Thulasendrapuram celebrated by bursting firecrackers, distributing sweets and performing poojas on the temple because the Indian-orogin Democrat is ready to be sworn-in because the US vp this night.

The village has been adorned to present a festive look. Sivaranjani, a lady who was making murukku, informed ANI, "Today all the people in the village are very happy as our Kamala di is all set to become the Vice President of the United States. We all are very excited. She has surely inspired many women in the village."

Earlier within the day, the US vice president-elect took to Twitter to say that she and president-elect Joe Biden will work to unify the nation, sort out the challenges, and renew the promise of America. “Though we may be physically separated, we, the American people are united in spirit,” she wrote in one other put up on the microblogging website.

Joe Biden and Harris will likely be sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sonya Sotomayor respectively within the first-ever curated stay stream for “younger Individuals'' hosted by award-winning entertainer and advocate Keke Palmer. The duo have urged their supporters to remain residence due to the coronavirus illness (Covid-19) pandemic. The Nationwide Mall is closed and only a fraction of the tickets often handed out for an inauguration will likely be distributed.

Harris, 56, would be the first-ever lady vp of the US. She will even be the primary Indian-origin, first Black and first African American vp of the nation.