#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite trends on Twitter

Louisiana Govenor Bobby Jindal became the first person of Indian-American heritage to run for US president.

• By: Express Web Desk
• New Delhi | June 25, 2015 01:53 PM IST

2 min read

Louisiana Govenor Bobby Jindal has declared his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Raised Hindu but a convert to Catholicism as a teenager, Jindal has talked of his religious faith in small churches across Louisiana.

Jindal became the first person of Indian-American heritage to run for US president. But he chooses not to identify himself with his Indian roots. Probably because of this, the hashtag #BobbyJindalIsSoWhite is trending on Twitter.

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Here are the tweets:

https://twitter.com/dheerajchand/status/613963506916937728

https://twitter.com/deepjayrao/status/613903009102360576

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