Tulsi Gabbard, first Hindu, to fight Donald Trump in 2020 elections for US President post

Washington : Tulsi Gabbard, first Hindu ever elected to US Congress, will be contesting against Donald Trump for the US President post in 2020.

"I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week," Gabbard told a CNN TV news anchor for a show that airs Saturday.

37-year-old Tulsi Gabbard is a US army veteran and a three-term member of the US House of Representative from Hawaii, where the 44th president of the United Sates Barack Obama was born and raised and where he would vacation with his family every major holidays.

Gabbard will also become the first Hindu to run for the White House when she announces formally next week.