Snake oil seller to 100% communist. Why Mamdani is facing backlash tsunami

Snake oil seller to 100% communist. Why Mamdani is facing backlash tsunami

Hours after winning the Democratic primary for the November New York mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani, son of Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair, found himself at the centre of a political firestorm. From US President Donald Trump to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, critics across the political spectrum have launched blistering attacks, branding him everything from…

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Mira Nair’s son, running for NYC mayor post, accused of communal rhetoric

Mira Nair’s son, running for NYC mayor post, accused of communal rhetoric

Zohran Mamdani, a New York mayoral candidate, was accused of using communal rhetoric by leaders of the Indian diaspora. Jaspreet Singh, a leader of the Sikh community in New York, accused Mamdani of pitting Muslims and Hindus against each other, while another Indian-origin politician, Jennifer Rajkumar, slammed him for using “divisive rhetoric” in the mayoral…

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