Reports: Bobby Jindal to announce presidential plans June 24

William Cummings | USA TODAY

Show Caption Hide Caption Gov. Jindal: We need to reduce the size of government Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal talks about a potential bid for the White House in 2016. Jindal highlighted his accomplishments during the South Carolina Freedom Summit.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will make a "major announcement" regarding his presidential plans on June 24, according to media reports.

Jindal adviser Timmy Teepell says the governor will announce if he intends to join the crowded Republican field at an event in New Orleans, Politico reports.

An announcement of Jindal's intention to seek the Republican nomination has been expected since he launched a presidential exploratory committee in May and began paying visits to key primary states. He said previously that he would address his plans sometime after the end of Louisiana's legislative session on June 11.

Jindal's exploratory committee website —complete with a red, white and blue logo in the shape of a "J" — leaves little doubt he intends to run. "We must fight to make sure the next generation is not the first generation to inherit fewer opportunities than their parents. Will you join me?" the site asks.

Jindal is a two-term governor and former congressman, but his popularity ratings in Louisiana have been low, in part because the state's budget surplus has turned into a $1.6 billion deficit.

Jindal, a staunch opponent of the Affordable Care Act and Common Core, favors a smaller federal government.

"The reality is if we don't reduce the size of government, it is going to swallow our economy and turn the American dream into a European nightmare of government dependence," Jiindal said at the South Carolina Freedom Summit.

Jindal is known as a "policy guy,'' according to his spokeswoman Shannon Bates Dirmann, but he has been working to court Christian conservatives.

In April, Jindal wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times, in which he said he is "holding firm against gay marriage" and declared his support for religious freedom laws, such as the one in Indiana that sparked outrage among same-sex marriage supporters.