Abhijeet Dipke is violating his student visa rules and should be deported back to India
He is violating the following:
1. FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act). This is the big one. A foreign political party is explicitly a "foreign principal" under FARA. FARA requires individuals doing political or advocacy work on behalf of foreign entities in the United States to register with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and to disclose their relationship, activities, receipts, and disbursements in support of their activities. Registration is triggered when the agent conducts, on behalf of the foreign principal, activities like engaging in "political activities" intended to influence the U.S. government or the public regarding the political interests of a foreign political party, acting as a "public-relations counsel," "publicity agent," or "political consultant," or collecting or dispensing money for or in the interests of a foreign principal. Leading or running a foreign party while sitting in the US — fundraising from the diaspora, doing media work, lobbying US officials about Indian policy, organizing chapters — is exactly the activity FARA was written for. Failure to register is a criminal offense.
2. Work authorization on your visa. Every non-immigrant visa is tied to specific permitted activity:
H-1B restricts you to the specialty job your sponsor petitioned for. Running a party as a second paid role — or even as a heavy unpaid commitment that looks like a job — risks being treated as unauthorized employment or as failing to maintain status.
F-1 requires being a full-time student; substantial outside work or activity can put status at risk.
B-1/B-2 prohibits any work in the US.
L-1, O-1, etc. are similarly tied to the petitioning employer.
Green card holders have far more latitude — they can engage in political work and even are excluded from the definition of a foreign person and are, therefore, legally eligible to contribute money and/or services to a U.S. political campaign in the US.