Kamala Harris' maternal uncle won't attend inauguration, says 'no message I can give'

Just hours before inauguration of vice-president-elect Kamala Harris, her maternal uncle Gopalan Balachandran said on January 20 that he will t be attending swearing-in ceremony amid COVID-19 pandemic. While talking to news ncy ANI, Balachandran said that attending inauguration is t worth taking trouble because it would only draw media attention. He said that it won’t “look good” for him to land in Washington, where Kamala Harris would be taking oath, amid ongoing global health crisis. 

"Amid ongoing pandemic and vaccination drive, trouble is t worth taking. It doesn't look good that I land in Washington, contract COVID-19 and attract unnecessary media attention," said Balachandran on his decision to t attend inauguration ceremony in person.

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Furr, on being asked if he has any mess for niece who is credited of creating history and becoming first woman vice president of United States, her maternal uncle said that re is “ mess”. Balachandran also ted that he did t assist Harris in achieving one of biggest milestones of her political career and said, “she did it all on her own”. He said he had told Harris to do what her mor, Shyamala Kamala Harris has taught her throughout ir life. maternal uncle wants his niece to “keep it up”.

Balachandran told ANI, "re's mess I can give. I didn't help her become Vice President. She did it all on her own. All that I'll tell her is 'do whatever Shyamala (Kamala Harris' mor) taught you. You've been doing fine so far. Keep it up.' That's all I can say."

"re are already a lot of problems. re is point in giving political advice from India. I will convey my concerns to her once I meet her in US,” he said on refraining from giving political advice to his niece. 

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Biden-Harris inauguration

inauguration of 46th US President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to take place around 10:00-10:30 PM (IST) or 11:30 AM (ET) on January 20 amid concerns of potentially armed protests across nation. historic swearing-in ceremony for Biden and first woman US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be one-of-a-kind with a mixture of virtual and in-person attendees owing to alarming situation of COVID-19 pandemic in country. ceremony, which will be held outside US Capitol just weeks after stunning attack by Trump supporters, is also taking place after a chaotic transition with Trump still left to congratulate his successor.

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