Washington, September 30 (Press ki Taquat)<\/strong><\/p>\n Over two dozen US lawmakers have joined the bipartisan Congressional Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain American Caucus, its founder and Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar has said.<\/p>\n Thanedar on Friday formally launched in the US Congress the caucus that aims to combat religious discrimination and promote religious freedom for Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains.<\/p>\n A congressional caucus is a group of members of the United States Congress that meet to pursue common legislative objectives.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are not merely congregating to initiate another caucus; we’re assembling to pioneer a movement\u2014one that strives for understanding, inclusion and affirmative policy actions,\u201d Thanedar told reporters at a news conference here.<\/p>\n \u201cA movement that says every faith, every culture, and every community has a place in America\u2014 the land of the free and the home of the brave. My name is Shri Thanedar. I am proof of America’s diversity in Congress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He was flanked by a group of eminent Indian-Americans who had gathered at the steps of the US Capitol from across the country.<\/p>\n \u201cToday is significant for numerous reasons. To many of you, the launch of the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain (HBSJ) American Congressional Caucus may seem like a formal procedure, but let me assure you, it is so much more,” he said.<\/p>\n Washington, September 30 (Press ki Taquat) Over two dozen US lawmakers have joined the bipartisan Congressional Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain American Caucus, its founder and Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar has said. Thanedar on Friday formally launched in the US Congress the caucus that aims to combat religious discrimination and promote religious freedom for Hindus, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"A congressional caucus is a group of members of the United States Congress that meet to pursue common legislative objectives","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9852],"tags":[23900,5152,26616,26601,26611,26606,26615,26607,26604,26605,26614,26613,26603,25366,26612,26610,26608,25358,26602,26609],"class_list":["post-48837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","tag-us","tag-congress","tag-congress-latest-news","tag-congress-ufo-hearing","tag-congress-vote","tag-fbi-hearing-us-congress-live","tag-joint-congress","tag-joint-session-of-the-us-congress","tag-modi-us-congress-2023","tag-modi-us-congress-speech","tag-party-congress","tag-pm-modi-addresses-joint-session-of-the-us-congress","tag-pm-modiin-us-congress","tag-puerto-rico-congress","tag-u-s-congress","tag-u-s-congress-hearing-on-aliens","tag-u-s-congress-ufo-hearing","tag-us-congress","tag-us-congress-latest","tag-why-doesnt-congress-represent-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48844,"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48837\/revisions\/48844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozinews.in\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}