CAN A MAN FROM PUNJAB RISE TO THE PRESIDENT STATUS IN U.S

Bobby Jindal just announced his presidential campaign with an unusual videO

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R).

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) announced his 2016 presidential campaign Wednesday with a strange video posted on his Facebook page.

"I had to tell a few people first. But I want you to be next. I'm running for President of the United States of America," Jindal wrote in a post accompanying the video.

"We wanted to talk to you first," Jindal says in the video. "Then you can't go tell your friends." 

Jindal joins a crowded field of Republican candidates. Polls show the governor, once a rising star in his party, has a long-shot path to the nomination.

I had to tell a few people first. But I want you to be next. I'm running for President of the United States of America.