New York Mayor Candidate calls Modi ‘war criminal’, had participated in anti-Hindu Hate rally

Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a candidate in the New York Mayor Elections, has called PM Narendra Modi a ‘war criminal’ at a campaign event. Mamdani made the comment at an event where the candidates could ask each other questions. Mamdani is a serving member of the New York State Assembly.

If India PM Narendra Modi held a rally at MSG and wanted to do a joint presser with you as mayor, would you?
Stringer: No
Lander: No.
Mamdani: No. "And this is someone who we should view in the same manner that we do Benjamin Netanyahu. This is a war criminal."

— Jeff Coltin (@JCColtin) May 16, 2025

Mamdani is a known critic of Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party. In the past, he has accused the BJP of attempting to convert India into a ‘Hindu State’. He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the radical left wing of the Democratic Party.

An old video has surfaced on X where Mamdani can be seen participating in a controversial rally. He is seen saying in the video, “I am here today to protest against the BJP government in India and the demolition of the Babri Masjid that attempted to build a temple on the ruins of it.” In the same video, the mob is heard saying, “Who are the Hindus? Harami (Bastards).” The video is believed to be from 2020.

NYC Candidate for Mayor Zohran Mamdani led a mob of protestors in Times Square calling Hindus as bastards and heaping abuses upon Lord Rama, who is worshipped by Hindus

A true scumbag pic.twitter.com/r1002yUY70

— Journalist V (@OnTheNewsBeat) May 17, 2025

The representative of the 36th District in the New York State Assembly has been involved in several controversies in the past due to his far-left political ideology. He was arrested in 2023, a week after the Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7, during a pro-Palestine protest outside Senator Chuck Schumer’s house.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani is the son of Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair and Ugandan Academic Mahmood Mamdani. Mahmood is the Chancellor of the Kampala International University in Uganda. Mahmood has been a long time advocate against Israel as well. He had said in a speech at Columbia University in 2014, “The Palestinian challenge is to persuade the Jewish population and the world … the longtime security of a Jewish homeland in historic Palestine requires the dismantling of the Jewish state … Jews can have a homeland in historic Palestine, but not a state.”

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