Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri shared a three-year-old video on twitter of New Zealand's first-ever Indian-origin minister, Priyanca Radhakrishnan, addressing the country's Parliament in Malayalam.
New Zealand's first-ever Indian-origin minister, Priyanca Radhakrishnan's old video is going viral on social media for all the good reasons.
In the viral video from November 2017, Priyanca Radhakrishnan is seen addressing the country's Parliament in Malayalam.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri shared the three-year-old video on Twitter on Thursday.
Tweeting the video, he wrote, 'Doing India proud, the Indian origin minister in New Zealand @priyancanzlp addresses her country's parliament in Malayalam.'
Born in India, Priyanca Radhakrishnan, 41, went to school in Singapore before moving to New Zealand to pursue further studies.
She was elected as a Member of Parliament belonging to the Labour Party in September 2017.
Three years later, she became the country's first Indian-origin minister after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern inducted five new ministers into her cabinet.
In the video, Ms Radhakrishnan, who has her roots in Kerala, can be heard speaking a few lines in Malayalam before saying, 'Mr Speaker, I believe that it's the first time my mother tongue, Malayalam, has been spoken in this house.' The video is from a parliament session from November 2017.
Earlier, Shashi Tharoor had congratulated Priyanca for her selection in the New Zealand’s cabinet in a tweet. He had also expressed that people from Kerala are taking pride in Priyanca's success.
The 41-year-old New Zealand minister had thanked Shashi Tharoor and recalled an old incident with the Indian politician.
Priyanca Radhakrishnan was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to Malayali parents. On Monday, she was appointed as Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities, and Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment in New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern's new government line-up.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was among those who praised the big career leap.
'It gives us immense happiness to learn that Priyanca Radhakrishnan (@priyancanzlp) became the first-ever Indian-origin minister of New Zealand. The Labour party leader has her roots in Kerala. On behalf of the people of the State, we extend our warmest greetings. (sic),' he tweeted.
Many other prominent Indian leaders have congratulated her for getting the new responsibility in the Jacinda Ardern-led government.
Recently, dairy cooperative society Amul made a doodle on Priyanca and wrote 'Immigreat achievement' to mark that a first-generation immigrant has become New Zealand’s first ever Indian origin minister.
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