Indian "American" seeks New Jersey Senate seat

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2003 8:57 PM

JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER

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Upendra Chivukula played a major role in defeating New Jersey Rep.
Shirley Turner's bill to restrict the offshoring of state jobs. Now he
wants to be elected for a state Senate job.

Here is what Chivukula had to say about Turner's bill:

[turner's] bill is anti-business, market protectionist and
undermines free enterprise. It is also divisive and
discriminatory because it provokes dislike against India and
the Indian Community. If we don't take action now, it will
have serious negative consequences in the long term.

In these days of cost cutting, outsourcing state jobs to save
money is being done everywhere. If the state has the capability
to do in-house jobs, then it should do it."

State Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula suggested that rather than
restricting the use of foreign labor, the U.S. should:

find a way to reinvest the savings achieved through lower cost
global labor to create higher paying jobs in the U.S.

I explained in Part 2 of the "Gangs of New Jersey" that Chivukula's
loyalty to America is in doubt. I have reliable information that he is
very chummy with NASSCOM and was a key factor in holding up this bill.
Chivukula still remains very active in Indian politics so he has dual
loyalties and apparently cares more about jobs in India than jobs in
New Jersey. He claims that he is a "true Telugu at heart".

Shouldn't U.S. politicians be true "Americans at Heart"?

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Indian American seeks New Jersey Senate seat

Indo-Asian News Service
Washington, October 29

Upendra Chivukula, one of the few Indian Americans to hold an elected
office, is now seeking a seat in the New Jersey Senate.

A Democratic elected representative in the state assembly and a
long-time resident of Franklin Township, the Chennai-educated Chivukula
is seeking a seat from the 17th District.

The mid-term poll will be held on November 4.

Chivukula, 52, was educated at the Vivekananda College in Chennai and
then went to an engineering college in the same city before coming to
the U.S. where he took a masters degree in engineering from the City
University of New York.

He has served in the New Jersey Assembly since 2002.

He has worked with Congressman Frank Pallone, a Democrat from New
Jersey, who is the founder chair of the Congressional Caucus on India
and Indian Americans, from the time the Caucus was formed.

He is married to Dayci Chivukula and they have two children -- a son,
Suraj, and a daughter, Damianty.

The election will signal whether New Jersey's voters are angry enough
about Democrat Governor James E. McGreevey's tax increases and
political missteps to throw the Democrats out of power, as contended by
the Republicans.

At present the Senate is split 20-20 between Democrats and Republicans,
and only a handful of races are competitive enough to swing the upper
house. Chivukula is running a close race along with seven other
contenders.

A management consultant by profession, Chivukula is described by
friends as a highly motivated "do it now" person whose actions have
benefited every community in which he has lived.

He is director, marketing, at Sira Tech International, Inc., Somerset,
New Jersey. He has co-authored six books.

Chivukula has extensive technical and business experience working at
AT&T Bell Laboratories where he implemented supplier management
practices.

The issues and proposals on which he is seeking the state Senate seat
are:

Property taxes: "Our state continues to have the highest property tax
dependence among all the states. I support a constitutional convention
to study the problem. I am also open to other ways of finding
solutions."

Jobs: "New Jersey is suffering like the rest of the nation in a
non-job-growth economy. I will work to protect our existing small
businesses and attract additional high-tech businesses to our state."

Auto insurance: "New Jersey needs a real, no-nonsense reform to bring
down our 'highest in the nation' auto insurance rates. I will fight to
attract more insurance companies to New Jersey and to get uninsured
drivers off our roads."

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