Congress' Abhishek Singhvi, BJP's Kangana Ranaut slam Zohran Mamdani for pro-Pakistan rhetoric
New Delhi:
Congress
MP
Abhishek Singhvi
on Thursday said "Pakistan's PR takes the day off" when New York's mayoral candidate
Zohran Mamdani
speaks, stringent criticism echoed by
BJP
's
Kangana Ranaut
who stated that the Indian origin lawmaker sounds more Pakistani than Indian.
Mamdani, the son of filmmaker
Mira Nair
and Mahmood Mamdani, a Ugandan author of Indian ancestry, was declared victorious in the Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night.
"When Zohran Mamdani opens his mouth, Pakistan's PR team takes the day off. India doesn't need enemies with 'allies' like him shouting fiction from New York," Singhvi, Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP, said in a post on X.
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His political rival and Rajya Sabha MP Ranaut agreed.
"His mother is Mira Nair, one of our best filmmakers, Padmashri , a beloved and celebrated daughter born and raised in great Bharat based in Newyork, she married Mehmood Mamdani (Gujarati origin) a celebrated author, and obviously son is named Zohran, he sounds more Pakistani than Indian ....," the actor-politician posted on X.
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"Whatever happened to his Hindu identity or bloodline and now he is ready to wipe out Hinduism, wow!! It's the same story every where. On a different note met Mira ji on couple of occasions congratulations to the parents," Ranaut added.
In a stunning victory, Mamdani defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo in the
Democratic primary
race for New York City mayor.
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