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The fight for the November 15 gubernatorial election in Louisiana has got keener with the Pakistani American Congress and Patriot Muslim-Americans vigorously campaigning for Democrat Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.
Republican Piyush 'Bobby' Jindal of Indian origin is the frontrunner for the post.
According to a Web site, www.paknews.com, PAC president M Ashraf Abbasi said Jindal "is a highly prejudiced person who could be a future threat for Pakistani interests in the United States".
The Web site said that the PMA asked its members to vote for Blanco "for a progressive, tolerant and prosperous Louisiana that is free of hate, bigotry, ethnic profiling and discrimination".
"Support to Blanco means a Louisiana that can offer better and affordable health, better education to everyone. A leader who is capable and has proven records for two terms as lieutenant governor and a leader who has boundless love and passion to shape and revive the economy of Louisiana, to provide jobs to all willing to work, a promise for our youth, and ensure hope and a future for those willing to come back to Louisiana," it said.
"Kathleen Blanco is a leader having a clear vision for the future of Louisiana and plans to tap its resources and exploit its potentials to the maximum to make Louisiana a great and prosperous state and give its citizens the pride they rightly deserve."
The PAC (Washington, DC) is an umbrella entity of Pakistani Americans and Pakistani organisations in North America since 1990.