US Senator-Elect Abdul El-Sayed Has Strong Karnataka Roots

Aaj Tak · politics

Abdul El-Sayed, set to become America's first Muslim senator, has significant ties to India, specifically Karnataka. His wife, Dr. Sara Jukaku, is the granddaughter of a former minister from the erstwhile Mysore state government. Her family hails from Bhatkal in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district. El-Sayed has publicly acknowledged his wife's Indian heritage, referring to her as 'desi' at an event. The couple met while studying at the University of Michigan and married in 2006.