Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, a 2028 US Presidential aspirant, said on Saturday, July 11 that he was detained by gun-wielding Israeli settlers during a visit to Palestine. As the news brings attention to Khanna, here’s a look at his wife, Ritu Ahuja Khanna.
Who is Ritu Khanna?
Ritu Ahuja and Rohit (Ro) Khanna were married in Cleveland, with Pandit Ashok Bhargava officiating the ceremony at Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra, according to a 2015 report by The New York Times.
Until April 2015, Mrs Khanna, then 36, worked as a product marketing specialist in New York for Bulgari, the Italian jewelry and accessories company.
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Here are 5 things to know about her:
- She graduated from Georgetown University and later received a master’s degree in strategic communications from Columbia University.
- She is the daughter of Usha Ahuja and Monte Ahuja of Hunting Valley, Ohio.
- Her father Monte Ahuja, is the chairman of Mura Holdings, an investment firm and chief executive of Transmaxx, an automotive transmission parts supplier, both based in Solon, Ohio.
- She worked as a product marketing specialist for Bulgari in New York before her marriage.
- She and Ro Khanna call Fremont, California, home, and together they have two young children.
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Ro Khanna’s detention in Palestine
Khanna, a Democrat from California, was visiting the ruins of Khirbet Zanuta, a Bedouin village in the southern West Bank that was abandoned after attacks from Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, July 8 when the incident took place.
“Israeli settlers, brandishing American-made M4S, detained me and other Americans on my trip to Palestine. When the IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) arrived, they sided with the settlers and continued our detention. They made a huge mistake,” Khanna said in a post on X.
