Presidential candidate Nikki Haley was forced to leave the campaign trail late Tuesday night to attend to her father, Ajit Singh Randhawa, who was hospitalized, her campaign confirmed.
Haley had been in New Hampshire on Tuesday and held several campaign events, but then it looked dark early Wednesday.
His campaign has not disclosed specifics about his father’s condition, but he is believed to be in his 90s.
Haley returned to the Granite State on Wednesday night for a rally in Rochester.
His father was reportedly “doing well,” according to an ABC News reporter who spoke to Haley’s campaign officials.
Randhawa, who hails from India’s northern Punjab region, is a retired biology professor who taught at the historically black Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina, from 1969 to 1998.
“I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrants. They came to America and settled in a small town in the south. My father wears a turban. My mother wears a sari. I’m a brown girl in a black and white world,” Haley said of her parents at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
“We faced discrimination and hardship, but my parents never gave in to grievances and hatred.”
Haley had been in New Hampshire on Tuesday and held several campaign events, but then it looked dark early Wednesday. Getty Images
The news about Haley’s father comes amid scrutiny over her campaign itinerary.
It also came when her husband, Michael, was stationed overseas in Africa.
This week, Haley announced plans to cancel two Republican debates in New Hampshire unless former President Donald Trump participates.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has slammed both Haley and Trump for skipping the debate.
DeSantis accused Haley and Trump of running an “underground campaign” on Tuesday. AP Trump leads Haley by double digits in recent New Hampshire polls. Getty Images
“I’m the only one not running an underground campaign,” DeSantis declared during a New Hampshire town hall with CNN Tuesday afternoon.
The DeSantis campaign also needed it for refusing to answer questions from voters during the Iowa homestretch.
Although she finished third in the Iowa Caucuses on Monday, Haley insisted that the 2024 race for the GOP is a two-person race between her and Trump.
Both Trump and Haley have stoked each other’s rhetorical fires as they battle for the Granite State ahead of next Tuesday’s primary election.
In New Hampshire, Trump is up with 46.3% support, followed by Haley at 33% and DeSantis at 5.8%, according to the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate.
Haley is set to participate in a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Thursday.
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