Patel told rediff.com at about 6.30 pm that, "I officially can't be at a [partisan political] fundraiser, so I am not going to be at the fundraising dinner and I've got a plane to catch in half-an-hour, but I am here because she's an old friend and so I just want to say hello and then I'll leave."
But he stayed on till she arrived more than two hours later and after meeting her, left.
Chatwal, told rediff.com that it "was a sell-out" and that he was expecting 1,200 people "and we had over 1,250 people," and that several people who wanted to attend couldn't be accommodated because the ballroom was full.
He said in terms of a ball-park figure, nearly $2 million was raised, which means the goal of $5 million he was shooting for in terms of the contributions from Indian-Americans for Hillary 2008, could easily be reached in the next few months.
Even before this fundraiser, $1 million had been raised.
Image: Clinton interacting with Indian-Americans at the fundraiser. All the 1,200=plus attendees contributed between $1,000 and $2,300 each.
Also read: Coverage: President Clinton's visit to India
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