Sri Preston Kulkarni, a Democratic candidate in the US House of Representatives race for the 22nd district of Texas, is getting a lot of attention from Indian American voters. Some are happy to see someone of the Hindu faith running for Congress. But others are troubled by some of Kulkarni’s connections to Hindu nationalists. Reporter Soumya Shankar has the story.
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