Biden new government appointed nearly 20 Indian-Americans in the Biden administration, but to the surprise of man Amercian resident Indian origin Indians noteworthy are those who didn’t make it.
 
Among them two important personalities who missed th bus are
Obama administration staffer Sonal Shah as well as Amit Jani, who worked on the Biden campaign team, have so far been excluded, allegedly due their RSS-BJP links, which has been brought into the limelight by over a dozen Indian-American organisations.
 
Sonal Shah has served on Biden’s unity task force but her father was the president of Overseas Friends of BJP-USA and is the founder of RSS-run Ekal Vidyalaya for which she has raised funds.
 
Amit Jani, was Biden campaign’s ‘Muslim Outreach’ coordinator, he was re-appointed National Asian American and Pacific Islander Director after it was pointed out that his family had ties with PM Modi and other BJP leaders.
 
In the contrast things that may not go well with Right wing Hindutva roots organisation in India Biden’s team now retained in administration has people like senior diplomat Uzra Zeya, who had played a role in the Devyani Khobragade case
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[splco_Shortcodesexpand]On December 11, 2013, Devyani Khobragade, then the Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of India in New York City, was charged by U.S. authorities with committing visa fraud and providing false statements in order to gain entry to the United States for Sangeeta Richard, a woman of Indian nationality, for employment as a domestic worker for Khobragade in New York. She was additionally charged with failing to pay the domestic worker a minimum wage. Khobragade was arrested the next day by U.S. federal law enforcement authorities, subjected to a “strip search”, presented to a judge and released the same day. Her arrest and treatment have received much media attention particularly in India, and led to a diplomatic row between India and the United States. One week later, Khobragade was transferred by the government of India to the UN mission in New York, subject to clearance from the United States Department of State, which would entitle her to full diplomatic immunity. Her former post only entitled her to consular immunity. On January 8, 2014, the U.S. issued Khobragade the G-1 visa that granted her full diplomatic immunity. Following this an unknown US State official is reported to have stated “The US requested waiver of immunity (of Devyani Khobragade). India denied that request. We then requested her departure, as per the standard procedure and the charges remain in place.” The next day, Khobragade left the United States by plane to India. That same day she was indicted by a federal grand jury with visa fraud and making false statements. On March 12, 2014, Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered that all charges against Khobragade be dismissed because she had diplomatic immunity at the time of her indictment on visa fraud charges due to her posting to the United Nations prior to the indictment. Two days later, Khobragade was re-indicted on the same charges.[/splco_Shortcodesexpand]
 
And also Samira Fazili, who had joined protest rallies in the US against the CAA, NRC and the Kashmir lockdown.
 
Amercia sources post trump era those with RSS-BJP links have not found a place as secular Indian-American organisations have maintained the pressure on the Biden-Harris transition team to keep such individuals on the sidelines, said sources.