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PARSIPPANY, NJ — The Indian National Overseas Congress organized a Grand Reception in Honor of Ponnala Lakshmiah for receiving the Global Dignitary of Asia Award at the United Nations on October 21 in New York at the United Nations.
The event was also organized to celebrate the Congress Party victory in the recent Gurdaspur by election where the INOC(I), USA president Shudh Parkash Singh campaigned. The event was attended by over 100 people at Parsippany, where Shri Ponnala Lakshmiah lived over 4 decades back.
The event was hosted by Bhagwan Pingle and Rajendar Dichpally and was attended by major Telugu community leaders like Rajeshwar Gangasani (NATA president), Lakshman Anugu, Ravinder Thota, Shravan Porredy, Chaitanya etc. The special invitee for the event was AICC member Bodireddy Prabhakar Reddy. The Overseas Congress National was represented by vice president Bhudh Singh and treasurer Vineet Nagpal.
Shri Ponnala Lakshmiah was awarded the Global Dignitary Man of Asia award for his work as Irrigation Minister, where he helped irrigate lakhs of hectares of land in rural India and also for his role as Information Technology Minister where he was able to convince major companies to invest and set up shop in Hyderabad and Telangana.