The State Representative Republican Niraj Antani, from the 42 District has been recognized by the AMVETS Department of Ohio with the ‘2016 Legislator of the Year’ award. Rep. Antani has highlighted the plight of the veterans in his state, of which many of whom according to him, cannot find jobs on their return from deployments to conflict areas around the world.
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The AMVETS Department of Ohio recognizes the legislators who have shown continued support on the veteran’s issues and demonstrated the ideals and goals of the AMVETS Department of Ohio. Antani accepted the award on February 11, at Columbus, Ohio.
“I am very thankful to AMVETS for this award, but I am more thankful for all the veterans they served and protected our nation while in the military,” Antani said. “The post 9/11 veteran unemployment rate in Ohio is abysmal. Our veterans deserve better when they return home, and I will fight for them,” he added.
Antani is in his second two-year term in the Ohio House of Representatives and is the youngest legislator. He was a district-level delegate from Ohio to the 2016 Republican National Convention. Antani is the second Indian American state elected official in the Ohio history and the first Indian American Republican.
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Antani is the youngest representative of the state House of Representatives, one of the youngest in Ohio and the first representative born in the 1990s. After Representative Terry Blair unexpectedly died after winning the 2014 primary election, the Montgomery County choose Antani to replace Blair.
By Premji
