Zahran Mamdani’s primary victory in New York legitimizes the anger of Moody’s supporters Human Rights News

If he won the general elections in November, Zahran Mamdani He can become the first mayor in South Asia in New York City and the first Indian origin.

But the same identity that makes it a path in the US policy may also have a general cry in India and inside the diaspora.

Since Mamdani achieved a great victory in the preliminary elections for the democratic town on June 24, his campaign in a flood of Vitriol – some of which come from the Hindu right.

Experts say the attacks are a reflection of the tensions that arose between Prime Minister Narendra Modi supporters and critics of human rights violations under his leadership, especially against religious minorities.

A number of these attacks have been installed Mamda religion: The 33 -year -old Muslim girl. Some commentators accused of hope that “jihadist” and “Islamic” would be. Others have called it Hindu and the fight against India.

Kayla Basit, director of research at the CASOH study center, a Washington -based research center, believes that the attacks against Mamdani are a way to attack the Islamic community on a broader scale.

She said, “This is not only about one individual.” “It comes to promoting a narration that Muslims are suspected of being normal or non -American.”

A violent reaction from Moody’s concert

This narration is likely to have consequences for Mamdani’s campaign, as it increases his support among voters in New York.

Mamdani will face competition in November of more firm names in politics. Current mayor Eric Adams is expected to face the final vote. His opponent in the democratic preliminary elections, former ruler Andrew Como has not yet ruled out an independent tour.

The main hope I condemned loudly Human rights violations, including in places such as Gaza and India.

This position without shame not only gained criticism from his competing candidates, but also from abroad.

For example, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was among the sounds that closed Mamdani’s comments and skepticism about his fitness to the mayor’s seat.

A member of the Bharatia Jatata Party in Parliament, Kangana Ranot, posted on social media, for example, that Mamdani “seems more Pakistani than Indian.”

“Whatever happens to his Hindu identity or blood line,” I asked, referring to the Hindu roots of his mother, director Mira Nair. “Now he is ready to wipe Hinduism.”

Soon after Mamada’s primary victory, a prominent news channel broadcast in India, AAJ TAK, slice In claiming that he had received funding from organizations that enhance the “anti -India” agenda.

He also warned of an increasing number of Muslim population in New York City, a confirmation alongside footage of women who wear the veil.

But some of the reverse reaction came from sources closer to the house.

A group based in New Jersey called the Indian Americans in Como Spent $ 3,570 for a plane Fly a sign On New York City with the message: “Keeping New York City from Global Intefada.

Human rights violations

A lot of reaction can be linked to Mamdani’s audio criticism of Hindu nationalism and Moody in particular.

In 2020, Mamdani participated in the Times Square demonstration against the Beni Temple on the Babri Mosque site in Audia, which was destroyed by Hindu extremists in 1992. He called the participation and normalization of this violence in this violence.

“I am here today to protest against the government of the Baharatia Jatata Party in India and the demolition of the Babri Mosque,” he said.

Then, in 2023, mamdani Read Loud notes from an imprisoned Indian activist before Moody’s visit to New York City.

This activist, Omar Khaled, has been imprisoned since 2020 without trialing terrorism charges after delivering the letters criticizing the Moody government.

Recently, during a municipal hall for municipal candidates in May, Mamdani was asked whether he would meet Moody if the Prime Minister is visiting the city again. Mamdani said he will not do it.

“This is the war criminal,” he answered.

Mamdani referred to the leadership of Modi in the Indian state of Gujarat during a period of religious riots in 2002. Modi was criticized for criticizing violence, which killed more than a thousand people, and many of them are Muslims.

In the aftermath, Modi was to reject An American visa on “severe violations of religious freedom”.

“Narindra Modi helped organize what was a collective slaughter of Muslims in Googa, to the extent that we do not even believe that there are Muslims in Googa.” “When I tell someone, it is difficult for them to be the case.”

Layer and religion barriers

It is “without fear” and is consistent with Moody that made Mamdani the goal of anger from the Hindu right, according to Rohit Chopra, a professor of communications at the University of Santa Clara.

“From the Hindu right, there is a project for the political administration of the 2002 anniversary. There is this silence about Modi, who was deprived of a visa to enter the United States,” said Chopra.

The professor also said that the class between the Hindu Americans could nourish doubts about Mamdani.

The American -Americans are a relatively distinctive minority in terms of social and economic situation: Pio Research Center Estimates 44 percent of the American -American Hindus has a family income of more than $ 150,000, and six out of 10 obtained a graduate degree.

Chopra said this relative prosperity can be translated into social barriers.

“They do not necessarily sympathize with other Hindu Americans who may come from very different types of row-backgrounds who may work as taxis drivers, dishwashers, or other blue collars,” he explained.

Meanwhile, suchitra vijayan, a writer based in New York City and founder of Polis Project Digital, has noticed that many of the attack lines against the Mamdani Center on his identity.

She said: “Mamdani, the leader of a Muslim national team, is shy.”

She noted that other Islamic politicians, including members of the American Congress Rashida Tleb and Ilhan Omar, sparked a violent reaction similar to Modi’s reprimand on Gojarat’s violence.

But the Mamdani family in the region makes the audit more intense.

“In the case of Mamdani, he is a Muslim, he is an African, but his father is also of Gojarat origin and spoke publicly about the massacre in Gojarat.”

The victory of “my seismic”

Despite the opposite reaction on the Internet, local experts and organizers believe that Mamdani’s campaign can mobilize Indian voters and other diaspora members in South Asia who traditionally tend to democracy.

The Pew Research Center estimates that there are 710,000 Indians and Indians who live in the New York City region, which is more than any Metropolitan center in the United States.

Initial results from the mayor’s offer in June that Mamdani was a great record in the neighborhoods with the powerful Asian residents, such as Little Bangladesh, Jackson Heights and Barkschest.

A final outcome of the voices of the option arranged earlier this week was issued on July 1, Mamdani showed his closest rival, Komo, 56 percent to 44.

“I heard his described victory as” seismic “.” He can not speak not only Spanish but Indian, Urdu, and Bingla, passable. A candidate with this level of depth and breadth is rare recently. “

Rajoubal added that Mamdani’s decision to possess his Islamic identity has become an advantage for him on the path of the campaign, especially in the current political climate.

With President Donald Trump in his post for a second, many voters are preparing for the speech and combating Muslims and policies that accompanied the first four years in the White House.

At that time, Trump called for “the complete and complete closure of Muslims entering the United States,” saying they represent the “flow of hatred” and “danger”.

“The moment of Trump is something that Mamdani is completely answered,” said Rajoopal. Mamdani’s success called “examining a great truth for the Hindu right.”

Whatever the reverse reaction that Mamdani faces from Hindu groups, Gagbert Singh is skeptical of its impact on New York City.

“I can assure you – it does not come from within the city,” said Singh, the political director of Drum Beats, a sister organization of the Social Justice Organization who is escalating and moving.

That group was among the first in the city to support Mamdani’s nomination for the mayor.

From an early age of his campaign, Singh indicated that Mamdani has communicated with the Hindu working class societies “in an authentic way.”

This is included visit Singh noted that the Durga Temple and the Nepalese Cultural Center in Ridjoud speaks in events in the Hindu and Treenidadine. During his time as a member of the State Association, Mamdani also pushed legislation It would recognize Diwali – the Hindu Lights Festival – as a governmental holiday.

In Diwali to celebrate Last year, Singh said that Mamdani “participated in Diasa’s lighting, spoke on stage, and spoke about the background of his mother as a person of Hindu faith.”

To Singh, the message was clear. South Asian groups in New York City, including Hindu Americans, “adopt it as the best.”