Mira Nair's son Zohran Mamdani slammed for his statement against Narendra Modi, critics say no place for Hindu hate

Indian-origin New York person Jenifer Rajkumar slammed Mira Nair's lad Zohran Mamdani, the New York mayoral campaigner from the Socialist Party, for a caller connection against India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi astatine an unfastened forum.

At the forum, helium was asked a hypothetical question that if Indian PM Narendra Modi holds a rally successful Madison Square Garden and past wants to code a associated property league with the politician of New York, would helium articulation that? Mamadani, who has a beardown transportation with India arsenic some his parents -- begetter Mahmood Mamdani and parent Mira Nair -- were calved successful India, said helium won't join.Mamdani elaborated connected his reply and said his begetter is simply a Gujarati Muslim, and past compared the Indian PM with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Jennifer Rajkumar powerfully reacted to the connection and said specified divisive connection astir overseas leaders should person nary spot successful the New York mayoral canvass erstwhile determination are existent issues. “At a clip erstwhile New Yorkers are struggling with existent issues—rising crime, a lodging crisis, and increasing hate—we cannot spend to beryllium distracted by extreme, divisive connection astir overseas leaders,” Rajkumar said to New York Post. “Hinduism is simply a religion of peace, nonviolence, and interfaith harmony.

Hindu voters privation our leaders to physique bridges—not pain them. We indispensable cull hate—whether it comes from the acold near oregon the acold right. Our metropolis deserves leaders who unite, not provoke—who physique coalitions, not headlines,” Rajkumar said. Jaspreet Singh, a Sikh assemblage person and quality rights lawyer, said to the NYP, “Hate has nary spot successful our city. We judge successful equality, emotion and respect for all. We judge each are children of the aforesaid God.“But Zohran has utilized his level to amplify immoderate of the worst anti-Hindu rhetoric imaginable. Words matter, and alternatively of uniting the Indian community, helium seek...