Is NYC’s mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani, son of Meera Nair, Slam Hindus in viral video?

Zoharan Mamdani, a candidate from New York City Mayor, who is also the son of famous filmmaker Meera Nair, has recently been at the center of controversies over Holocost. Now, an old video has surfaced and while doing the visits in which Mammadani has been seen protesting against the BJP government in the Babri Masjid and Ram temple in India. The viral video said, “The NYC candidate for Mayor Zoharan Mamdani led a crowd of protesters at Times Square and said Hindus as Hindus and piled up abuses on Lord Ram, which is worshiped by Hindus.” In the 2020 video, Mamdani was seen masked due to epidemic, as there were all other people in the background.At that time, Mamdani was the candidate for the New York State Assembly District 36 – the election he later won. He spoke fluently in Hindi and English in the video and started it with ‘Sat Sri Akal Ji’. In the background, the Hindu anti-Hindu mantras apparently called Hindus ‘Basta ** S’. However, he did not talk about religion and only attacked the ruling party in India. As soon as this old video went viral, social media users dug up their old X post before protest in which they condemned the BJP in India. “As an Indian Muslim, whose family is looking at the growing tide of fascism in India, I will not remain silent. As New Yorkers who are not a stranger for the rise of right -wing nationalism at home, none of us should be silent,” Mamdani wrote at that time.

What is the row of the Holocaust above the Mamdani?

Politico reported that Mammadani refused to sign the proposal of a state assembly recognizing Israel on the 77th anniversary of his establishment, four months after the MP signed a separate proposal condemning the Holocaust.Mamdani reacted to the charge and issued a statement that his public statements should defeat his actions on non-negotiable proposals. “I have condemned Holocaust every year. This is something that is very clear for me and every New Yorker, and something that I have clarified in most public statements that most of the new yorkers are really connecting with their politics,” said Mamdani.

What is Mamdani’s India connection?

Both the parents of Mamdani were born in India. Her mother is filmmaker Meera Nair who married Uganda Academic, writer Mahmood Mamdani. Zoharan Quame Mamdani was born and raised in Uganda, who was going to New York City with his family at the age of 7. Bachelor of NYC Public School System, he participated in Bronx High School of Science and graduated in Africa from Bodoin College.A few years later in 2018, he became natural as an American citizen.