On
August
11
(Tuesday),
Former
Vice
President
of
the
United
States
Joe
Biden
chose
California
Senator
Kamala
Harris
as
a
candidate
for
the
Vice
President's
Elections
this
year.
The
Democratic
nominee
is
the
first
person
of
Indian
descent
to
be
nominated
for
such
a
post.
The
55-year-old
American
politician
was
born
to
a
Tamil
mother
Shyamala
Gopalan
and
Jamaican
father
Donald
Harris.
Ever
since
her
name
was
announced
for
the
VP
elections,
people
from
India,
especially
Tamil
Nadu
are
congratulating
her.
Kamala
Harris
has
become
the
top
trending
name
right
now
on
the
internet.
All
thanks
to
the
people
of
India
who
consider
her
to
be
the
Vice
President
of
the
US.
However,
a
Tamil
actress
has
recently
taken
an
objection
over
the
same
and
asked
people
to
stop
claiming
her
identity.
Actress
Lakshmi
Priyaa
Chandramouli
has
claimed
that
she
is
related
to
Kamala
Harris
and
said
the
latter
identifies
herself
as
'American'.
Taking
to
Twitter,
the
Richie
actress
wrote,
"Come
on
guys...
@KamalaHarris
is
very
clear
about
her
identity
and
says
she
identifies
herself
as
simply
'American'.
Can
we
not
claim
her
identity
pls..
you
ask
me
how
I
know
this?
that's
only
because
her
thatha
and
my
great
grandfather
were
distant
cousi........"
(sic)
Lakshmi
Priyaa
Chandramouli
mentioned
in
her
tweet
that
Kamala
Harris'
grandfather
and
her
great
grandfather
were
distant
cousins.
Interestingly,
on
August
12
(Wednesday),
Kamala
Harris
opened
up
about
her
parents
in
her
first
election
speech.
Kamala
said,
"My
mother
and
father,
they
came
from
opposite
sides
of
the
world
to
arrive
in
America.
One
from
India
and
the
other
from
Jamaica
in
search
of
a
world-class
education.
But
what
brought
them
together
was
the
civil
rights
movement
of
the
1960s.
And
that
is
how
they
met
as
students
in
the
streets
of
Oakland
marching
and
shouting
for
this
thing
called
justice
in
a
struggle
that
continues
today."
Well,
apart
from
Lakshmi,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Anand
Mahindra,
Mindy
Kaling,
Padma
Lakshmi
and
others
also
reacted
to
this
piece
of
news.
Do
let
us
know
your
reaction
to
Lakshmi
Priyaa
Chandramouli's
claims
about
Kamala
Harris.