Kshama Sawant (/ k ə ˈ ʃ ʌ m ɑː s ɑː ˈ w ʌ n t / kə-SHUM-ah sah-WUNT; born October 17, 1973) [1] is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. She was a member of Socialist Alternative, the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office.. A former software engineer, Sawant became an economics ...

4 hours ago · Kshama Sawant, an Indian-origin American politician, led a demonstration after being denied an emergency visa to visit her ailing mother in Bengaluru. The Indian consulate in Seattle described the ...

8 hours ago · Indian-American politician Kshama Sawant, an outspoken critic of the Narendra Modi-led government and its policies, hit the headlines on Friday after she and members of her outfit protested at the Indian consulate in Seattle on being denied an emergency visa to visit her ailing mother in Bengaluru.The incident soon blew out of proportion as the Indian consulate …

4 hours ago · Kshama Sawant is an Indian American politician who was denied a visa for being on the ‘reject list’ of the Indian government, she claimed. In a post on X, Sawant said that the consulate is ...

9 hours ago · Kshama Sawant is the former City Council Member of Seattle. Seattle, US: The Indian Consulate in Seattle was faced with a law and order situation over the emergency visa denial to Indian-American ...

11 hours ago · Kshama Sawant, Indian-American politician and a critic of India’s Hindu Right has currently been in the news after being denied an emergency visa by India to visit her ailing mother in Bengaluru ...

11 hours ago · Kshama Sawant, an Indian-origin Seattle City Council member, has alleged that she was denied an Indian visa to visit her ailing mother. She claimed to be on a "visa reject" list for having passed ...

9 hours ago · Seattle-based politician and activist Kshama Sawant has been denied an emergency visa by the Indian consulate in Seattle, US, preventing her from visiting her ailing mother in Bengaluru. However, her husband, Calvin Priest, was granted a visa for the same trip, according to a report by Reuters.

12 hours ago · Kshama Sawant has accused the Indian government of politically motivated retaliation and unjustly denying her a visa, as her struggle to visit her ailing mother in India continues. Sawant, an ...

Seattle’s most famous and controversial elected official, Kshama Sawant, is headed for the exits in January after a decade on the City Council. In that time, she’s managed to win three...