What is Rishi's record on Hindus and India? Rishi has proven time and again that he is a proud Hindu-American, and he has stood with the community on every major issue of concern to the Hindu American and pro-India community. Though he has been pretty viciously attacked by the left in his own party, he has never succumbed to the pressures to denounce India or Hindus.
SB403 - Rishi took a proactive and firm stance on the anti-Hindu caste bill SB403 & wrote an op-ed in IndiaPost. Rishi ran a campaign directed to Governor Newsom asking for a veto of California's caste bill, & Newsom did veto it!
Rishi values the Hindu culture, our teachings and traditions. As a founder of the Saratoga Hindu Temple, Rishi has organized classes such as Bala Gokulam, Vedanta, Yoga, meditation, along with celebrations such as Shiva Ratri, Janmashtami, Diwali, Navaratri since 2012. He publicly denounced the Gandhi statue vandalization in Davis, CA. Rishi led an Indian-American elected leaders' press release denouncing the shooting of the Indian-American engineers in Kansas (2017). He was the only Indian-American elected leader who showed up at a peace rally at San Jose City Hall and spoke firmly against terrorism in South Asia.
Rishi has made compelling statements to California's lawmakers against the inequitable portrayal of Hinduism in California textbooks. He strongly opposes any form of hate against any group/religion/community and quite vocally and clearly against rising Hinduphobia. He spoke out strongly against California proposed anti-Hindu legislation SB403 through his web page https://rishikumar.com/sb403 and twitter statement, which the CA Governor eventually vetoed. Because of Rishi strongly pro-Hindu and pro-India stands, he has been attacked by anti-Hindu and anti-India groups including the bigot Pieter Friedrich. | 
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