Kamala Harris' aunt Sarala Gopalan expressed joy, says 'she has achieved what she wanted'

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' maternal aunt Sarala Gopalan said that Democrat 'achieved what she wanted' while lauding Harris for her victory in 2020 US Elections. Calling Kamala Harris a 'good child', Dr Sarala Gopalan said that she has seen US Vice President-elect 'grow up'. This comes just days after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won 2020 US Elections against sitting President Donald Trump. 

"I am a doctor and I used to work in Chandigarh. Kamala has visited us a number times in Chandigarh and or places. We have always seen her (Kamala Harris) grow up as a good child. She was very good at whatever she did and she has achieved what she wanted to do," said Sarala Gopalan. 

Earlier, Chennai based veteran doctor h expressed her joy over her niece's win while ding that she hopes to attend Kamala Harris' swearing-in ceremony. Speaking to news ncy PTI, Dr Gopalan said, "How do you think I should feel about her victory. I feel very happy. I was waiting for anuncement till late in night...I felt tired and h to retire for night." Dr Sarala Gopalan is younger sister of Kamala Harris' mor Shyamala Gopalan. 

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Biden-Harris win US Elections 2020 

After 4 days of vote counting, Democratic minee Joe Biden was elected 46th US President on Saturday (local time) with 284 electoral college votes, along with vice presidential-elect Kamala Harris. This came after Biden's victory in Pennsylvania which took his past 270 electoral college votes that he needed to win. Despite close call - Georgia, Neva, Arizona and Pennsylvania turned out to be four swing states that helped Biden secure win. He also won 50.6% popular votes amassing 7,48,47,834 ballots. 

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will formally assume office in January 2021. Biden's running mate and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has w me history by becoming first woman, first woman of colour and first woman of South-Asian origin to become Vice-President of United States. This isn't first time Democratic VP elect Harris has me history. She me history earlier by becoming first Asian-American to be chosen as a Democratic vice presidential minee. 

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More on Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris is an Indian-American born to mor Shyamala Gopalan, who emigrated to America from India, and far Donald Harris who was a British Jamaica-born professor of ecomics at Stanford University. Her full name is Kamala Devi Harris. She has a sister, Maya Lakshmi Harris, who is an American lawyer, public policy vocate and a television commentator. As a child, Harris went to a black Baptist church as well as a Hindu temple. Kamala's mor, Shyamala Gopalan was daugh of a high-ranking civil servant PV Gopalan and was born in Chennai. Harris's mor later moved to US for furr studies and went on to become a leing cancer researcher and activist. Kamala's maternal grandfar, PV Gopalan was born in Thulasendrapuram which is located about 320 km south of Chennai.

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(With inputs from ANI & PTI)