A prominent Indian American advocacy and political action group has said that the "historic election victory" of Kamala Harris,  who becomes the first Indian American and Black American to be elected Vice President of the US,  "will supercharge the political engagement of the Indian American community" and "with a historic number of Indian American elected officials across the country, we are poised to grow our political power in the years to come.”

In a statement shortly after the elections results declared a victory for Joe Biden, who is set to become the nation's 46th president, and his running mate Kamala Harris, Neil Makhija, Executive Director of IMPACT, said: “A generation of Indian Americans made this country their home because they knew it meant anything was possible for their children. Today, the daughter of one of those Indian Americans proved their faith. It is with pride, hope, and enduring faith in America that we congratulate Vice President-elect Kamala Devi Harris on her historic victory. 

Makhija said: Her election sends a message to a new generation of young Black and Brown children that they belong, and that in America, anything is possible. Her election will supercharge the political engagement of the Indian American community.

He said in 2020 IMPACT raised a record $10 million which doubled turnout of South Asian voters in critical states, including Pennsylvania and Arizona, "where our community’s engagement was enough to make the margin. 

"With a historic number of Indian American elected officials across the country, we are poised to grow our political power in the years to come,” the statement said. 
IMPACT raised a groundbreaking $10 million to support turnout efforts in the Asian American and Indian American community and to help elect Harris, and other endorsed candidates. The funds were invested in the presidential, state-wide, and congressional races in battleground states, including nearly $2 million apiece in Pennsylvania, Arizona, North Carolina, and Texas, the statement further said.

There was projected to be 2 million Indian American voters in this year’s election, and there were  nearly 500,000 Indian American voters alone in the battleground states of Florida, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

IMPACT pointed out that the number of Indian Americans in the US Congress has grown five-fold in just the past eight years, with all four Indian American Congressmen - Raja Krishnamoorthi, Pramila Jayapal, Roh Khanna and Ami Bera - being re-elcted to the House of Representatives. Kamala Harris was the only Indian American senator in Congress.