Sounding a word of caution to Meena Harris, the niece of the US Vice President has been asked by a White House team not to use her aunt Kamala Harris’ name to boost her personal brand. The legal team has reportedly told Meena Harris not to “build her brand” by using the name of the US Vice President.

Kamala Harris’ niece Meena Harris who wears many hats -- as a lawyer, entrepreneur, and social media influencer -- grabbed the limelight when her aunt was named as the US Vice-Presidential nominee. With her aunt now in the White House, Meena Harris may no longer be able to use her Kamala Harris’s name to promote her personal brand.

According to a report in Los Angeles Times, Meena Harris has been cautioned by a White House legal team not to “build her brand” by using the name of the US Vice President.

“Some things can’t be undone,” the White House official was quoted as saying by LA Times. “That being said: Behaviour needs to change,” the White House official added.

Meena Harris, who is a Harvard-trained lawyer, started a company four years ago that sells socially conscious T-shirts and sweatshirts. The report added that over the years, Meena Harris used the publicity to promote her brand, which it said capitalised on Kamala Harris’ name, likeness, life history and political slogans to produce clothing, videos, children’s books and headphones.Kamala Harris’ associates are reportedly concerned about the ethical aspects of the promotional pattern being used by Meena Harris, which involves her aunt as well. They fear that the personal branding endeavors will bring the vice president unwanted scrutiny. And so, Meena Harris has now been asked not to use her aunt's name and likeness to build her brand.

According to a White House official, soon after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the election, the transition team’s ethics lawyers had told Meena Harris that she could no longer produce clothing or write new books with her aunt’s name or likeness.

It’s no coincidence that the world’s oldest democracy was attacked not even a month ago, and as we speak, the most populous democracy is under assault. This is related. We ALL should be outraged by India’s internet shutdowns and paramilitary violence against farmer protesters. https://t.co/yIvCWYQDD1 pic.twitter.com/DxWWhkemxW

— Meena Harris (@meenaharris) February 2, 2021

The White House official added that the book, along with “Vice President Aunty” sweatshirts, Kamala Harris-themed swimsuits and other products, were not allowed under the current rules.

Despite the briefing with ethics lawyers, Meena Harris reportedly flew to the inauguration on a private plane with a Biden donor and posted about the trip on Instagram. Meena Harris also launched a production company that produced a video with a political group to celebrate her aunt and collaborated on special-edition headphones that used a slogan popularised by Kamala Harris, the report added.

Meenakshi Ashley Harris, popularly known as Meena Harris, is the founder of the Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign, an initiative that promotes activism and empowers women.

The Harvard Law graduate is also data privacy and cybersecurity attorney.

Meena Harris, a Twitter celebrity with over 689.8K followers, has been aggressively tweeting on farmer protests against the three farm laws passed by India’s Parliament.

Meena Harris is among the few international figures to have strongly come out in support of the ongoing farmers' protest, condemning the violence on Republic Day and subsequent internet shutdown.

Asked to stay out of India’s ‘internal matter’, Meena declared that backlash won’t intimidate or silence her.