Who is Zoharan Mamdani? The son of Indian-American filmmaker Meera Nair contests for the Mayor elections of New York City; All you need to know
A 33 -year -old Zoharan Mamdani, an assembly person of Indian origin from Queens, is currently serving as a member of the New York State Legislative Assembly. A Democratic socialist, he is contesting the upcoming New York state elections for the Mayor Post for June 24.He was born and raised in Kampala, Uganda. He moved to New York City with his family at the age of 7 and became a natural American citizen in 2018.His father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a famous Uganda writer and his mother, Meera Nair, an Indian-American filmmaker.Mamdani is a graduate from NYC Public School System. He also participated in Bronx High School of Science and received a bachelor’s degree in Africa’s study from Bodoin College.He is the first South Asian person to serve in the New York State Legislative Assembly, as well as the first Uganda and only the third Muslim have been chosen for the body.Prior to his political career, he worked as a housing counselor, who were helping families with low -income families in Queens to avoid home owners, rent, financial management and losing their homes.He is running against several high-profile candidates, including the speakers of the Adrian Adams, New York City Council; Whitney Tilson, a former hedge fund executive; And Andrew Kuomo, former Governor of New York.Mamdani supported her election campaign, “This campaign is for every person who believes in the dignity of his neighbors and the government’s job is really to improve our lives.”
Radical trend Israel ,
In an interview on Fox 5, “Gud de New York,” Mammadani opposed Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.“Because I am not comfortable supporting any state, which is a hierarchy of citizenship on the basis of religion or something else,” he told anchor Rosanna Scotto.He said, “The way we have in this country, equality should be vested in every country of the world.”
Slam for comment on PM Modi:
Mamdani has been criticized for his comment against PM Modi and his anti -Hindu stance. He was asked a fictional question that if Indian PM Narendra Modi holds a rally at Madison Square Garden and then wants to address a joint press conference with the Mayor of New York, will he join it? For this he replied that he would not join. Mamdani said in detail on his reply and said that his father is a Gujarati Muslim, and then compares the Indian PM to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“India Card” played with recent election campaign video:
Recently, Mamdani made headlines to start her election campaign in Bollywood style, speaking in Hindi in a 2-minute 23-second video.His campaign video quickly went viral on social media. It received backlash from many social media users and blamed them for using the “India Card” to win votes. A user commented, “You are ashamed of you to spread antisementism and Hindupobia. You don’t represent the city of New York, you represent Division and Hate. Your actions are an insult, and it is clear that you are only appealing to the lowest common doster.”
