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    2 days ago

    One might ask, then, why he looked perfectly comfortable this March speaking at an event celebrating the creation of Pakistan, a country that privileges Islam and has ethnically cleansed most of its Sikhs, Christians and Hindus.

    The would-be mayor’s views on India are also strident. He has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “war criminal” for the 2002 Hindu-Muslim riots that took place on his watch as chief minister of Gujarat. In 2023 Mr. Mamdani signed a statement condemning Mr. Modi’s visit to New York.

    On India, Mr. Mamdani has staked out partisan positions on everything from proposed agricultural reforms to the election of a communist mayor in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Mr. Modi and his party aren’t above criticism, but Mr. Mamdani’s understanding of his ancestral homeland is cartoonishly lacking in nuance.

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