Many leaders of corporate India reacted positively to the news that Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States.
Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
"CII looks forward to once again collaborating with President Biden and his incoming Administration," Banerjee said, as quoted by PTI. Banerjee was referring to Biden's time as Vice-President in the Obama administration.
Many top executives of Indian companies shared congratulatory messages through Twitter for Biden and Harris.
"A democratic process voted for a change in a very defining year globally! Congratulations to the American community that ensured that the democratic process was not compromised in a tough external environment," Sajjan Jindal, Chairman of JSW Steel, said in a tweet.
Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said Harris makes "every woman in the world proud". She also tweeted "Jai Joe!" the day after the result was announced.
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma shared a humorous tweet, sharing a screenshot of a news website and saying, "When you get an email, sms and push notification of your single recharge——telling you the same thing."
RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka also congratulated Biden.
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