JD Vance hopes his Indian-Origin Wife Usha will convert to Christianity, says ‘that’s her free will’
Washington: US Vice President JD Vance has said that he hopes his Indian-origin wife, Usha Vance, will one day embrace Christianity, but added that her choice would remain her own.
Speaking at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday, Vance said, “Now most Sundays Usha will come with me to church. As I’ve told her and said publicly, do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, I honestly do. Because I believe in the Christian gospel and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.”
He, however, clarified that her decision would not affect their relationship, saying, “If she doesn’t, then God says everybody has free will, so that doesn’t cause a problem for me.”
Vance also revealed that Usha grew up in a Hindu family “but not a particularly religious one.” He added that when they first met at Yale University, both of them identified as agnostic or atheist.
The Vice President further disclosed that he and Usha had agreed to raise their three children, Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel, in the Christian faith, and that they attend a Catholic school.
Earlier this year, Usha Vance had discussed their interfaith family setup on Meghan McCain’s podcast Citizen McCain. “We send our kids to Catholic school, and we have given them each the choice — they can decide whether they want to be baptised Catholic,” she said.
Usha also shared that JD converted to Catholicism after the birth of their first child. “When you convert to Catholicism, it comes with certain obligations, like raising your child in the faith. We had a lot of real conversations about how to do that — I’m not Catholic, and I’m not intending to convert,” she explained.
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Money-dispute angle emerges in Delhi bus gangrape case
New Delhi (PTI): Police probing the alleged gangrape of a 30-year-old woman inside a private sleeper bus in Outer Delhi have found that there was a dispute over money between the victim and the accused, sources said on Friday.
The woman was allegedly dragged inside the bus and raped by the driver and the conductor in the Mangolpuri area here on May 11. Both the accused were arrested the following day.
According to the police sources, the woman, in her complaint, has stated that there was a dispute over money with the accused.
The sources also said that one of the accused did not flee the spot after the incident and the victim later used his mobile phone to call police.
The woman has also told police that her husband is suffering from a medical condition and is unable to work. The couple have four children and she has been working to support the family, the sources said.
Police are probing the case from all angles and have already seized the bus. CCTV footage from the route taken by the vehicle on the day of the incident is also being examined.
The case was registered under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) dealing with rape and gangrape, police said.
