Prominent Indian-American Republican Party chief Nikki Haley is poised to launch her 2024 White House bid on February 15 — positioning herself to be the primary challenger to former US president Donald Trump.

Haley, 51, is the two-term Governor of South Carolina and the previous US Ambassador to the United Nations.

When she enters the race, Haley would be the first contender to be a part of the competition towards her former boss, who’s at present the only Republican searching for his get together’s 2024 nomination.

Trump, 76, launched his White House bid final 12 months. Haley may launch a video signalling her plans as quickly as this week, in accordance to the Washington Post.

According to an invite quickly going out to her backers, Haley’s marketed “special announcement” will come February 15 on the The Shed on the Charleston Visitor Center, a downtown gathering spot that would draw lots of of supporters into the center of the town’s tourism district, The Post and Courier reported.

“The confirmation that she is entering the race came on January 31 from a member of Haley’s inner circle,” the Charleston, South Carolina-based each day reported. Haley famously mentioned beforehand that she wouldn’t search to problem Trump if he ran once more, however there was a shift in her stance in latest instances as she mentioned the US wants to look towards a distinct path.

“It’s time for a new generation,” she tweeted just lately.

“It’s time for new leadership. And it’s time to take our country back. America is worth the fight — and we’re just getting started,” she said.

In an interview to Fox News last month, she said the US needs a “new leader” who can take the nation in a brand new course.

“But when you’re looking at a run for president, you look at two things. You first look at, does the current situation push for new leadership? The second question is, am I that person that could be that new leader, that, yes, we need to go in a new direction? And can I be that leader? Yes, I think I can be that leader,” Haley said in that interview. During the interview, Haley also emphasised that President Joe Biden, a Democrat, should not be given a second term.

Biden, 80, is the oldest sitting US President.

The next US presidential election is scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024. Haley was born Nimrata Randhawa to Ajit Singh Randhawa and mother Raj Kaur Randhawa, who had emigrated from Punjab to Canada and then to the US in the 1960s. Her father was a professor at the Punjab Agricultural University, and her mother received a law degree from the Delhi University.

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