Krishnamoorthi, 43, won the Chicago-area US House of Representatives seat, the 8th Congressional District, vacated by Tammy Duckworth who won Illinois' US Senate seat.
Bobby Jindal, 44, was replaced by John Bel Edwards of the Democratic Party, who was won the elections last November. In 2008, Jindal was sworn in as Governor of Louisiana, becoming the first ever Indian-American to hold the top position.
Bobby Jindal's campaign failed to gain traction this year. He languished near the back of the big Republican pack seeking the GOP nomination, a group that included several politicians -- and political neophytes -- with higher profiles.
In two leading national opinion polls CNN/ORC and NBC/Wall Street Journal Jindal's popularity rating slipped to less than one per cent, following which many political pundits were quick to pronounce a dead end to his presidential ambition at least in the 2016 elections.
"We need to end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants," Jindal tweeted a day after real-estate tycoon and leading Republican presidential candidate Trump unveiled his tough plan to combat what he calls the negative economic consequences of illegal immigration.
Donald Trump, American real estate tycoon and a Republican presidential front-runner, has said he is even prepared to splurge up to USD 1 billion if needed on his campaign.
CNN has invited 16 of the 17 Republican presidential candidates for the GOP debate on September 16, to be moderated by its popular anchor Jake Tapper, it said yesterday.
Fox News flash polls declared Carly Fiorina and Jindal to be the winners of the GOP's undercard debate. Meanwhile, Former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said that Jindal won the yesterday night debate.
Louisiana Governor Jindal ranked 13th in the standings for the debate as calculated by Fox News, the sponsor of the prime time event, based on an average of five recent polls.
Indian-American presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal could not make it to the first televised Republican presidential debate featuring top 10 party candidates.
"Jindal may not be near the top of the polls for the Republican presidential nomination race or even drawing the biggest crowds, but he may be the smartest candidate in the race," the daily reported as it listed out six facts about his Christian faith.
Bobby Jindal, who last month announced his bid for the 2016 presidential elections, was responding to questions on addressing the challenges being posed by the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East.
Jindal, the first Indian-American to make a major presidential bid, is the 13th Republican aspirant to target the White House in this election cycle. "My name is Bobby Jindal.
If Jindal, 43, announces to go ahead with his plans, he would be the first ever Indian-American politician to run for a US presidential election. And in doing so, he would join already crowded Republican presidential aspirants.
Bobby Jindal, Indian-American Louisiana Governor and a rising star in the Republican party, is laying the groundwork for a likely presidential run in 2016 and taking up higher-profile initiatives with the national audience in mind, a media report said on Monday.