The politics of Indian Americans in the US since 2014 Just prior to 2016 American Elections, a new organisation named âHindus for Trumpâ came on the scene and ever since 2014 only pro-BJP and pro-RSS India Americans are involved with high level visits Engagement: 0 Vincent Xavier Palathingal, a businessman from Kerala, now living in the United States, has attracted a lot of attention in our media. He was noticed waving an Indian flag at the Trump rally in Washington DC on January 6 which turned violent as it attacked the Capitol building, resulting in deaths. He told our media that he had migrated to the US in 1992 after his education in the Government Engineering College, Thrissur. He claims to be a member of the State Central Committee of the Republican Party in Virginia and had gone to attend the Trump rally to protest against a âstolen electionâ. He added that he was formerly a Democrat and had voted for Barack Obama twice.