Los Angeles will be home to a new Indian consulate after a strong lobbying effort by local Indian American leaders and city officials over the last couple years.
Gunjan Bagla, a Santa Monica business consultant, started a petition and after collecting nearly 4,000 signatures, sent hard copies to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top diplomatic officials.
Over at L.A. City Hall, Mayor Karen Bass was trying to make the same case. Last September, Bass sent a letter to India’s ambassador to the U.S., listing all of the city’s attributes.
L.A. and Boston selected
This week, the call appeared to be heeded. Modi announced at a speech in New York Sunday that he was opening new consulates in L.A., as well as Boston…