Newly elected mayor of New York City, American-Muslim Zohran Mamdani, took a jibe at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “war criminal.”
In a viral video, one of the journalists asked Mamdani about the Indian PM. Zohran Mamdani said in a response that Narendra Modi is a war criminal. He mentioned that his parents are from the same district where Modi belongs to in India, and it’s Gujarat. He criticised Modi while saying that the Indian prime minister was responsible for the riots against Muslims in 2002 in the Gujarat district.
However, several archival reports also confirmed that Modi was directly responsible for the 2002 Gujarat massacre of Muslims in India.
Also Read: Earlier on November 5, Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election of New York City. Zohran Mamdani was counting independent candidate Andrew Cuomo. Zohran Mamdani got 49.6 of % votes in the mayoral elections.
The race for New York mayor between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo will decide whether the city gets it first Muslim mayor and youngest leader in generations or elects a veteran politician who leave the governorship four years ago amid controversy.
According to the New York Board of Elections, 1.5 million people voted during the polling for the mayoral election. This year, it was the highest turnover in the mayoral election as compared to the last 20 years.
Other big races are in the governor’s offices of New Jersey and Virginia, and a California ballot initiative that Democrats believe will enable them to gain control of the House next year.
Although local issues predominate during the campaigns, the outcomes have a national dimension in a year where President Donald Trump has been at loggerheads with governors and mayors concerning his actions to deploy National Guard forces and immigration officers. Democrats consider such elections as an opportunity to question the policies of the president, and republicans believe that it is an opportunity to strengthen their agenda.
