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US President Donald Trump Celebrates Diwali At White House With Indian-American Leaders, Top CEOs & Diplomats

Washington: US President Donald Trump celebrated Diwali at the Oval Office in the presence of prominent Indian-American members of his administration, entrepreneurs and top CEOs, including Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron Technology. Also Watch: India's Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra, celebrity chef Vikas Khanna, entrepreneur Vishal Gondal, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, FBI Director Kash Patel, and…

US President Donald Trump Celebrates Diwali At White House With Indian-American Leaders, Top CEOs & Diplomats

President Donald Trump marked Diwali at the White House with Indian-American officials, business leaders, and diplomats on Friday. The Oval Office gathering included Sanjay Mehrotra, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, FBI Director Kash Patel, and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya. The celebrations kicked off with Trump lighting a diya, followed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Social Security Commissioner Arjun Mody.

Other attendees comprised Ruby Dhalla, Rajiv Sharma, Viswajith Mallampati, and Hetalkumar Patel. GOQii Technologies CEO Gondal gifted Trump a Hanuman Chalisa, expressing hopes for India-US friendship and light overcoming darkness. Diwali at the White House traces back to President George W Bush's 2003 tradition.

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