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More Pakistani than Indian: Kangana Ranaut's jab at Zohran Mamdani
BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday launched a sharp personal attack on Indian-American lawmaker Zohran Mamdani, who recently won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, defeating former Governor Andrew a post on X, Ranaut questioned Mamdani's cultural and religious identity and alleged that he appears more Pakistani that Indian despite her being a Padmashri."His mother is Mira Nair, one of our best filmmakers, Padmashri, a beloved and celebrated daughter born and raised in great Bharat based in New York. She married Mehmood Mamdani (Gujarati origin), a celebrated author, and obviously son is named Zohran, he sounds more Pakistani than Indian whatever happened to his Hindu identity or bloodline and now he is ready to wipe out Hinduism, wow!! It's the same story everywhere," the firebrand BJP MP wrote in a post on X.
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She ended the post by congratulating Nair and her husband, noting she had met the filmmaker on a few son of award-winning director Mira Nair and Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani, was declared the winner of the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday night. He is currently a New York State Assemblyman from Queens and is known for his affiliation with the Democratic Socialists of to his win, Mamdani wrote on X: "In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it's done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honoured to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City".Born in Kampala, Uganda, on October 18, 1991, Mamdani moved to New York with his parents at the age of seven. He is married to Brooklyn-based Syrian-born artist Rama Mamdani has pledged sweeping reforms if elected New York City Mayor, vowing to freeze rents for all stabilised tenants and aggressively push for affordable housing construction to tackle the city's deepening campaign also promised a public transit overhaul. Mamdani said he will make all city buses permanently fare-free, while accelerating the rollout of priority lanes, bus queue jump signals, and dedicated loading zones to unclog routes and cut delays.- EndsTrending Reel
