A big applause

Joe Biden has become the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris, who is of Indian origin from her mother’s side, is set to become the vice-president. As soon as the results came out on Saturday, several people, including Bollywood celebs, took to social media to express their excitement on the big win.

Sharing a photo of a news channel, which declared Joe Biden as the US President-elect, Priyanka Chopra wrote, “America spoke in record-breaking numbers and the verdict is in... every vote counts. I applaud everyone who voted in what was such a powerful display of how a democracy should function. It was amazing to witness this election in the US. Congrats to the President Elect @joebiden and Vice President elect @kamalaharris, the first woman VP! Dream Big girls! Anything can happen!! #DemocracyRocks Congratulations America.”

Varun Dhawan in his Coolie No 1 avatar called Joe Biden as his ‘naya dost’. The actor shared a picture of him suited up in US National flag printed outfit and wrote, “Kunwar-Biden 2020. Hamare naye dost @joebiden congratulation #presidentno1 #kunwarsaab #coolieno1 coming soon.”

Abhay Deol posted a funny Instagram meme that shows the Statue of Liberty aiming to catapult Donald Trump! “Yup. It happened!” he captioned the image. Riteish Deshmukh also expressed his thoughts with a dash of humour. “Achha chalta hoon, duaon mein yaad rakhna… Err… Ok Bi-Den,” he tweeted.

The newlywed Kajal Aggarwal wrote, “Congratulations to @KamalaHarris for becoming the first female and first South Asian Vice President elect. Such an inspiration.”

Kunal Kohli in a series of tweets wrote, “America has shown the world that there is always an alternative. Any alternative is sometimes better than what there is. The question isn’t if not X then who? The answer is not X. That’s all. Whoever doesn’t matter. Just not X.” Anubhav Sinha also took to Twitter and wrote, “America you can breathe now. Let everyone breathe. Congratulations America!!! Go spread love and change people. You have a lot of people to change.”