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This special report covers Home Minister Amit Shah's exclusive interview ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi's controversial remarks on caste in the Indian Army, and Zohran Mamdani's historic victory in the New York City mayoral race. On the looming Bihar polls, Amit Shah stated, 'The party still runs on the same ideology of lathi rallies and muscle power. If they come to power, Jungle Raj will return, mark my words'. Shah expressed confidence that the NDA would secure over 160 seats. The bulletin also details the political firestorm ignited by Rahul Gandhi, who alleged that India's power structures, including the army, are controlled by the top 10% of the population. In international news, the programme covers the breaking story of Zohran Mamdani, son of filmmaker Mira Nair, becoming the first Muslim and youngest mayor of New York City, a major setback for Donald Trump who had endorsed his opponent.
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00:00As Bihar readies itself for the Phase 1 battle, India Today spoke exclusively with Home Minister Amit Shah on a host of issues.
00:07He expressed strong confidence in the ruling NDA's performance, predicting a clear and comfortable victory for the alliance.
00:13Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that the NDA is expected to win 160-plus seats and secure a comfortable majority, with BJP and JDU performing equally well.
00:23The veteran BJP leader also criticised RJD, saying that the Jashwi Adav's victory could bring back Jangal Raj in the state and that the party still thrives on the same ideology of Lathi rallies and muscle power.
00:36When asked about the Mukama case, the Home Minister emphasised that the culprits faced no protection and were sent behind bars, unlike under the RJD rule, where criminals were shielded by the then Chief Minister himself.
00:48In fact, he also highlighted Lalu's conviction and questioned Rahul Gandhi sharing the stage with him.
00:53Amit Shah further said that the party may get a new Chief after the Bihar polls.
00:58Now, we are close to voting for the first time. What is your view?
01:10It's a good view. We are in a comfortable position. We are in a better position with 160 seats.
01:17160 seats are you doing?
01:19160 seats are you doing?
01:20160 seats are you doing?
01:20160 seats are you doing?
01:21I mean, does all parties feel good?
01:23the Juju to prepare for the war.
01:24The Juju to prepare for me is in a good position.
01:25I mean, this is all the deal.
01:26Because of the Jyuju, you have to do fine with the Jjiuju.
01:27So you have to take the Jjiuj, I mean, the Jujundaski, the Juj Ji Liu is in a hundred years.
01:29It's very in my opinion.
01:30If this is the Jjiujj Raiz we have to fight the Jjiuj, the Jjiuj, the Jjiuj, the Jjiuj, Jjiuj…
01:33The war was the war.
01:35Is it the war?
01:39It has not been a war.
01:41What is the war?
01:43No one will be a war.
01:48When the war is the war,
01:50when the war is the war,
01:53the war is the war.
01:55The war is the war.
01:57In their war,
01:59the war was the war.
02:01In the war,
02:03the war was the war.
02:05The war was the war.
02:07This was the war.
02:09The war was the war.
02:11The war was the war.
02:13They were the old 팀.
02:15They were the old 팀,
02:17they were the old 팀.
02:19They were the old 팀 who made them
02:21to come back.
02:25They burned the jail.
02:27Now, who have passed
02:29I mean, there are many of them in their lives and the J.D.U. has made their rights.
02:33It's like that.
02:35Anjana Ji, you've asked us so much.
02:38Rahul Ji and Lalu Ji have asked them.
02:40Lalu Ji is not a surprise.
02:42It's a surprise.
02:45Rahul Ji is with their hands and they are standing with their hands.
02:51It's a surprise, right?
02:55There's no surprise, it's just a surprise.
02:59We have been in the past 21 years.
03:02When we come up to the manifesto, you've also said,
03:07the R.O.Z.G.A.R.
03:09Now you're saying that?
03:11The R.O.Z.G.A.R.
03:12We will take action.
03:13How many of these are a government's office?
03:16Is there a road map?
03:18Look, there are three parts of the R.O.Z.G.A.R.
03:25the government, the private government, and the government.
03:29What will happen to these three?
03:32We will take it in two years.
03:35Until now, in 11 years,
03:37we have been working to improve the infrastructure for the industry.
03:46The roads, roads, bridges,
03:50and roads, the infrastructure has made the most important infrastructure for the industry.
03:57Some of the big industries have been put in here.
04:01The first number of ethanol in the country is the first number of ethanol,
04:06which never had been before.
04:09The roads have begun,
04:12the roads have been built by two roads,
04:14the roads have been built by the P.M. Mitra Park,
04:17the roads have been built by nine industrial estates,
04:20which has been built by the minimum,
04:22the industrial estates of 550 acres.
04:27These are the nine big industrial estates.
04:30And in Bihar,
04:33the industry can come from this kind of industry.
04:37It will also be taken to the whole of its maintenance.
04:40We'll havecame the process of anotherenter.
04:41After making New Bihar Department of Official
05:09I want to give a small introduction to our infrastructure.
05:17We have made about 4 pools and 10 pools.
05:22We have made a thousand kilometers of expressway.
05:26We are both working on the railway line.
05:30There are 158 railway stations.
05:33We are working on the car.
05:35We are working on the other things.
05:37We have made 7 crores a day.
05:44We have done 7 crores.
05:48We have done 7 crores.
05:50We have done all the things that we have done.
05:54Our goal is to be ready.
05:58We have seen a clear strategy.
06:01The Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that
06:04Lalu Ji's photo is missing.
06:06What did they have done with it?
06:08Is there a strategy behind it?
06:11No, there is no strategy.
06:13We have to ask questions.
06:15If you ask the UPA people,
06:19Rahul Ji or Lalu Ji's son.
06:23But they are not fighting for the photo.
06:25Where will we put it?
06:27No, there are many people who are fighting for the photo.
06:32Where are they fighting for the photo?
06:34Where are they fighting for the photo?
06:36There are photos.
06:38There are also a photo.
06:40There are also a photo.
06:42There are also Dindal Upadhyay Ji and Samha Prasad Mukherjee.
06:44When will it be done with the photo?
06:47There will not be done with the photo.
06:49I will try to do it after the photo.
06:51So, the decision is done?
06:53It is that I cannot do the whole decision.
06:57I do not do the party.
06:59But I think it will be done with the photo.
07:02And Lok Sabha, leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi,
07:07has lit a political fuse right before the Bihar election.
07:11Speaking in Kutumbha,
07:12the Congress MP dragged the Indian army into the caste debate.
07:15While dropping a caste quota political bomb,
07:17he alleged that India's power structure
07:19is tilted in favour of what he called the top 10%.
07:23Rahul Gandhi claimed that 90% of India
07:25is made up of Dalits, Mahadalits, OBCs, EBCs and minorities,
07:29but that this huge majority does not get representation.
07:33He claimed that the top 10% of India
07:36controls everything from major companies to government jobs
07:39and, yes, even the armed forces.
07:41That one line about the army has set off major alarms.
07:44The whole of the army have come from 10% of the army.
07:49The whole bank is paying for them.
07:51The whole bank is paying for them.
07:54The whole bank is paying for them.
07:59The whole jobs they have paid for.
08:01The whole jobs they have paid for.
08:05The bureaucracy is a place in the bureaucracy.
08:08You can see the judiciary
08:13There are all of them
08:17There are all of them
08:19There are all of them
08:19There are all of them
08:21And the 90% of them
08:25That's what you have to do
08:27That's what you have to do
08:31Now my recommendation is
08:34that if we will not be able to do 90% of the people of Hindustan's 90% of the people of Hindustan,
08:43whether it is corporate India, whether it is judiciary, whether it is bureaucracy,
08:52if we will not be able to do them, then how will Hindustan become Hindustan?
08:59And my colleague Piyush Mishra is now joining us on this story.
09:02Piyush, clearly Rahul Gandhi has not learned anything from the past reprimands of the Supreme Court
09:07and has yet again invoked AMI in his political speech.
09:11That's right, Anjali.
09:12Now we are seeing as to how the Congress leader and former President of the Congress, Rahul Gandhi,
09:17has once again stoked the controversy by making such anti-AMI remarks.
09:22Earlier also he had made the similar remarks to which the court had also taken note of.
09:28BJP had also slammed him for making such remarks.
09:31Now once again he is talking about the same thing to which BJP has now slammed him.
09:36Remember that he was speaking during the campaign for Bihar Assembly elections.
09:41And after the looks of our election results of 2024, he has been raising this issue,
09:47be it about the issue of Aghdi Veer or about this issue.
09:50So now BJP is seeking a lot of answers from the top leadership of the Congress party.
09:56We'll have to wait and watch how this is further going to escalate.
09:59But yes, as the campaigning for Bihar Assembly polls are on its peak,
10:04we will certainly see a lot of political comments coming in on this,
10:07where BJP will continue to seek answers from not only Congress party,
10:11but also from the entire India alliance.
10:13Right. And also, Piyush, how is this remark going to impact the election?
10:18Is it going to hurt the Congress party politically?
10:22Well, there's no doubt about it because the sentiments run high among the people
10:26as far as the Indian Armed Forces are concerned.
10:28And when you make such remarks, it is certainly going to hit your prospects.
10:32And the Congress party, it seems like, has not learned from its earlier lessons.
10:37And one thing in the Congress party has done the same thing.
10:41We'll have to see how people are going to react on this.
10:43But yes, it is certainly going to make a lot of impact on the upcoming assembly elections.
10:48Right. Piyush, and how has the BJP reacted to this remark by Rahul Gandhi?
10:54Well, BJP has slammed Rahul Gandhi for making these remarks
10:57and seeking answers from the top leadership of the Congress party.
11:00BJP is saying that the Congress party is known for making anti-army remarks
11:04and Rahul Gandhi is habitual of making such remarks.
11:08You know, BJP is certainly going to use this in the elections
11:13and will tell to the people of Bihar that see how the Congress party,
11:17which is habitual of making such remarks, has once again reiterated the same thing.
11:21You know, earlier also we have seen on this issue,
11:25the BJP has been slamming the Congress leaders
11:27and various other opposition political parties,
11:29but Rahul Gandhi being the top most leader of the Congress party,
11:32coming out and making such remarks certainly raises a lot of eyebrows.
11:37All right, Piyush, thank you so much for those details.
11:39And for that context, Rahul Gandhi, ahead of the Bihar election,
11:42has stoked a controversy by his remark on the armed forces.
11:46He has said that the top 10% of the population
11:49controls everything right from businesses to government jobs
11:52and yes, which also includes the armed forces.
11:55Now, this has not really gone down well with the BJP
11:58and the BJP has now slammed Rahul Gandhi for this remark.
12:01And we're now getting some breaking news.
12:12Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral polls.
12:14Big setback for U.S. President Donald Trump.
12:17Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral polls.
12:20Mamdani is the New York City's first Muslim mayor.
12:23So records have been broken.
12:25History has been scripted.
12:26And Zohran Mamdani has emerged as the winner of the New York City mayoral polls.
12:31It was a three-way contest.
12:33And former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was backed by Donald Trump himself,
12:37has been defeated by Zohran Mamdani.
12:40And Donald Trump had also threatened the New Yorkers
12:43that if they support Zohran Mamdani,
12:46there will be federal fund cuts for New York City.
12:48But clearly, the New Yorkers have their favorite.
12:52And that is Zohran Mamdani.
12:54And he has won the New York City mayoral polls.
12:57My colleague Rohit Sharma is now joining us from Washington, D.C.
13:00Rohit, history has been scripted.
13:02Records have been broken.
13:04Zohran Mamdani emerges as the winner in the New York City mayoral polls.
13:07What really worked for him?
13:09Well, look, you know, he was talking about affordability,
13:15public safety, housing.
13:17And his campaign essentially, you know, promised a bold change.
13:20You know, he promised them that he would get rent under control,
13:24that people in New York would not have to pay astonishingly higher rent,
13:29that they would be able to have free bus rides
13:31and free public transportation.
13:32And that he would also have,
13:35and he sported the idea of government-run groceries
13:39because inflation is high and people can't afford groceries.
13:42So I think those messages of social change
13:46and having government help New Yorkers out on their daily,
13:51day-to-day things that they spend on
13:53has resonated with voters across New York.
13:57And, you know, he clinched a Democratic nomination
13:59way back in June.
14:00And today he is elected as the mayor of New York City
14:03on that platform of being a socialist within the Democratic Party.
14:07So I think those are the things that made him stand out
14:11among starverts of the Democratic Party,
14:14which included Mayor Eric Adams
14:15and also his opponent in the general election,
14:19which is Governor Andrew Cuomo.
14:20So Zohran has indeed scripted a history,
14:24the young assemblywoman, you know,
14:27and now youngest mayor in the history of New York,
14:30who happens to be son of immigrants,
14:32also of Indian heritage,
14:35also who's a Muslim.
14:37So I think there's a lot of firsts that he has done
14:39and also puts him on a course,
14:42in a clash course, I should say,
14:43with President Trump,
14:44who has not taken so keenly to Zohran and his ideas.
14:48Right, Rohit, do stay with us.
14:51India Today Global's Pranayapadhyay is also joining us on this story.
14:55Pranay, Zohran Mamdani is the clear favorite of the New Yorkers.
14:58He has now become the youngest
14:59and the first Muslim mayor of the New York City.
15:04Absolutely, Anjali.
15:05And if you see,
15:06what a spectacular electoral campaign
15:08Zohran Mamdani ran,
15:09because, you know,
15:11about a year ago,
15:12and about a year ago,
15:14he was literally unknown to many New Yorkers.
15:17And now he is all set to become
15:18the first person
15:21and the youngest mayor of New York.
15:24So definitely,
15:25it's an amazing victory for,
15:28you know,
15:29though these are the only projections as yet,
15:30but he's also to become
15:32the mayor of New York.
15:34And a very interesting coincidence
15:35is that both, you know,
15:37Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani
15:39has their history
15:41in the real estate sector of New York,
15:43because Donald Trump
15:44was a real estate developer-turned-politician,
15:47and now Zohran Mamdani,
15:49who was actually working
15:50in the housing sector
15:52and is now, you know,
15:56set to become the mayor of New York.
15:57So definitely,
15:58whatever he has promised,
15:59Rohit has mentioned,
16:00you know,
16:01whatever the three cities
16:01and whatever things
16:02he has promised
16:03to reform the New York,
16:05management.
16:07Now,
16:07the delivery
16:08would be his challenge
16:10because President Donald Trump
16:11has already indicated
16:12that, you know,
16:14he might have to face,
16:16you know,
16:17federal fund cuts.
16:18So we have to see that,
16:20you know,
16:20this shift.
16:21In any case,
16:22if you see,
16:23all three states,
16:25be it New York,
16:25New Jersey,
16:26or Virginia,
16:28these are the blue states,
16:29typical blue states
16:30where the democratics
16:31have their own stronghold.
16:33So in any case,
16:35after Zoran Mamdani
16:37won the Democratic primaries,
16:39it was already clear
16:41that he will win the election
16:43in any case
16:44because Andrew Cuomo,
16:46who was contesting this election
16:48as an independent,
16:49secured around 41% vote.
16:51Zoran Mamdani secured
16:53around 49.6% vote.
16:55So definitely he met
16:57that election so far.
16:59And after the election,
17:02after the victory,
17:03now there comes
17:04the issue of delivery.
17:06But absolutely,
17:08it's an amazing,
17:10an interesting story
17:11because he was,
17:12he became the National
17:13Citizen of United States
17:14in 2018,
17:15and now he is elected,
17:18he has been elected,
17:19you know,
17:19as mayor of New York.
17:21So definitely,
17:23these are the interesting things
17:24that, you know,
17:26this is how the big apple
17:27or the dream,
17:28American dream,
17:30people can live.
17:31That is the,
17:32that is the,
17:32that is the beauty
17:33of the American system
17:35as well,
17:35that even migrant,
17:36because Zoran Mamdani
17:38moved to United States
17:39in,
17:40when he was only
17:41seven years old,
17:42and he was born
17:44in Uganda,
17:45he has an Indian heritage,
17:47he's son of
17:47Meera Nair,
17:49the famous filmmaker,
17:50and he's married
17:53to a Syrian American,
17:55and he's just
17:5734 years old.
17:58So definitely,
17:59the youngest mayor
18:00of New York
18:02has a lot to do
18:03and a lot to deliver.
18:05Absolutely.
18:06Pranay,
18:06do stay with us.
18:07Rohit,
18:07coming back to you,
18:08this particular contest
18:09was also being seen
18:11as a contest
18:11between experience
18:13and new leadership,
18:14and it seems like
18:15New York City
18:16was wanting change
18:18and has chosen
18:19new leadership
18:20this time.
18:22Absolutely,
18:22you know,
18:22and as I was saying,
18:23you know,
18:24I think New Yorkers
18:24probably felt that
18:25the other options
18:27in this race,
18:27in this mayoral race,
18:29were out of touch
18:30with what New Yorkers
18:31wanted.
18:32They're probably saying
18:32the same old
18:34to the New Yorkers
18:34and they've opted
18:35for change.
18:36And just to put
18:36in context here,
18:38Anjali,
18:38you know,
18:38New York is home
18:40to about
18:408.5 million people,
18:43right?
18:43And it has,
18:44an economy
18:45about 1.3 trillion dollars.
18:48That's 1.3 trillion dollars.
18:50So,
18:50you know,
18:50it's a big city.
18:52And then,
18:53you know,
18:53in these times
18:54when we have
18:54rising inflation
18:56and job cuts
18:57and slowing economy,
18:59you know,
18:59it felt like
19:00that this,
19:00the New Yorkers
19:02wanted change.
19:03You know,
19:04they were looking at,
19:05you know,
19:05what they could do.
19:06The easiest thing
19:07to do was,
19:07hey,
19:07we have this election
19:09coming up.
19:09Let's try to make
19:10a change.
19:10Let's try to give
19:11this new guy
19:12a chance
19:12who talks well,
19:14is able to build
19:14coalition,
19:15and is promising
19:16us freebies.
19:17So,
19:17I think,
19:17you know,
19:17New Yorkers
19:18have gone for a change.
19:19It'll be a matter of time
19:20where we'll see
19:21how much he can deliver.
19:23There are other Democrats
19:24also who have won tonight.
19:25And I'll talk about
19:27Abigail Spanberger.
19:29She had,
19:30you know,
19:30distanced herself
19:31from these socialist
19:32policies
19:34and promising
19:36anybody free,
19:37you know,
19:38housing and all that
19:38by saying
19:40that,
19:40you know,
19:41she doesn't want
19:41to state things
19:42on the campaign
19:43that she would not
19:44be able to deliver.
19:45So,
19:45I think for Zohran
19:46and also for New Yorkers
19:47and for Democrats,
19:48I think it's very important
19:49that he's able
19:50to deliver on these things.
19:51Otherwise,
19:52you know,
19:52he could very well
19:53turn to be
19:55one of those stories
19:56in American politics
19:56which would be used
19:57by Republicans
19:58to show to all Americans
20:00that, look,
20:00these things do not work
20:01and that in the end,
20:02you know,
20:03capitalism is what
20:04America is meant for
20:05and it should always succeed.
20:08Rohit,
20:08stay with us.
20:09Pranay Upadhyay
20:09also continues
20:10to stay with us.
20:11Pranay,
20:12what does this victory
20:13of Zohran Mamdani
20:14signify about
20:16the changing
20:17political landscape
20:17in the United States?
20:20If you see
20:21the political spectrum
20:23of the United States
20:24on one side,
20:25President Donald Trump,
20:26his mother,
20:27a lot is there.
20:28The Republicans
20:29are also,
20:30you know,
20:31eyeing for the
20:31major victory
20:33during the midterm
20:36elections
20:37in the United States.
20:38But this victory
20:39clearly signifies
20:40that Democrats
20:40are pushing back
20:41and Democrats
20:42have certain strongholds
20:44in states
20:45like New York,
20:46New Jersey,
20:47Virginia,
20:47and many other states
20:48are also there
20:49because we have to see
20:51in a pattern,
20:52as Rohit was also
20:52mentioning,
20:53that, you know,
20:54the victory
20:54of Zohran Mamdani,
20:59the victory
20:59in Virginia,
21:00the victory
21:01in New Jersey,
21:03because Cheryl
21:04has also won
21:05the medal position
21:06in New Jersey.
21:07So, the different
21:09governor position
21:10with Hashmi,
21:12these victories
21:12should be seen
21:13in a pattern
21:14that the people
21:16in the United States
21:17are, you know,
21:19voting for
21:20and they are
21:20rejecting certain
21:22policies
21:22being pursued
21:23by President Donald Trump
21:24because if you see
21:26the grocery prices
21:28have remained
21:28an issue
21:29in the United States
21:30of late
21:30because during
21:32the presidential election
21:33we have seen
21:34that, you know,
21:34those Democrats,
21:36you know,
21:36those who voted
21:37for President Donald Trump
21:39actually voted
21:41in favor of
21:42certain of his policies
21:43and if you see
21:45people voted out
21:47Donald Trump
21:47in 2020,
21:49they voted in
21:50Donald Trump
21:51in 2024,
21:52so people definitely
21:53want to change
21:54and they want to
21:54exercise their
21:55political will
21:56through their votes
21:57and they want to show
21:58that we want
21:59delivery.
22:00So, definitely,
22:01this remains a question
22:02that, you know,
22:03how and
22:04when Zoran Mamdani
22:07would be able
22:07to deliver
22:08the promises
22:09because he has
22:09promises a lot
22:11for the New Yorkers
22:12and now the challenge
22:13remains that
22:13how he's going
22:14to deliver that
22:15because he doesn't
22:16have that kind
22:17of a political
22:17backing.
22:19He is not
22:21a traditional
22:21politician
22:22for that matter
22:23although he has
22:24risen
22:24the letter
22:26in a very
22:26spectacular form
22:27because he's
22:29young,
22:29he won
22:30the Democratic
22:30primary,
22:31he secured
22:32the nomination,
22:32he defeated
22:34Andrew Cuomo
22:35who is now
22:38the outgoing
22:38mayor of New York
22:39who contests
22:40as an independent
22:41and definitely
22:42he enjoyed
22:44certain support
22:45base,
22:46he secured
22:46around over
22:4741% vote
22:49so the contest
22:51was basically
22:52between the
22:52Democratic Party
22:53and its
22:54candidates
22:54because Andrew
22:55Cuomo also
22:56comes from
22:56the Democratic
22:57Party,
22:57he lost
22:58the primary
22:59to Zoran Mamdani
23:01but now
23:02the real question
23:03remains about
23:04the delivery
23:04and how Zoran Mamdani
23:05would be able
23:06to deliver
23:06but the bigger
23:07question is that
23:08is there a
23:09political shift
23:10happening
23:11which would
23:12have its own
23:13reflection in the
23:14midterm election
23:15of the United
23:15States
23:16we are yet
23:17to see those
23:17things
23:18Absolutely
23:19Pranay and Rohit
23:20thank you so
23:21much for all
23:21those details
23:22Zoran Mamdani
23:23has won the
23:25New York City
23:25mayoral polls
23:26now it remains
23:26to be seen
23:27what happens
23:28as far as
23:28the delivery
23:29is concerned
23:31but he has
23:33secured
23:33more than
23:3451% votes
23:35and he has
23:36defeated
23:36former
23:37Governor
23:38Andrew Cuomo
23:38who was
23:39backed by
23:40US President
23:41Donald Trump
23:41now this
23:42victory is also
23:43being seen
23:43as a setback
23:44for the US
23:45President who
23:46had earlier
23:46warned and
23:47threatened the
23:48New York City
23:49voters that
23:49if they vote
23:50for Zoran
23:51Mamdani
23:51and if Zoran
23:52Mamdani
23:53wins the
23:53mayoral polls
23:54there will be
23:55federal fund
23:55cuts for
23:57the New York
23:58City
23:58but despite
23:59the warnings
24:00despite the
24:00threats
24:01despite him
24:02backing
24:02former
24:03Governor
24:03Andrew Cuomo
24:03Zoran Mamdani
24:05is the clear
24:05favorite of the
24:06New Yorkers
24:06and he has
24:07won the
24:08New York City
24:08mayoral polls
24:09becoming the
24:09youngest and
24:10the first
24:11Muslim mayor
24:12of the New
24:13York City
24:13so history
24:18has been
24:18scripted in
24:20New York City
24:20Zoran Mamdani
24:21has won the
24:22New York City
24:23mayoral polls
24:24it was a
24:25three-way contest
24:25and this
24:26contest was
24:27also being
24:27seen as a
24:28contest between
24:29experience and
24:29new leadership
24:30but New York
24:31City was
24:32clearly looking
24:33for a change
24:34and has opted
24:35for new
24:35leadership
24:36in the form
24:37of Zoran
24:38Mamdani
24:39Zoran Mamdani
24:43has been a
24:44housing
24:44councillor
24:45a hip-hop
24:45artist
24:46and he is
24:46now set to
24:47become the
24:48next mayor
24:48of New York
24:49City
24:49Zoran Mamdani
24:50is not a
24:51typical politician
24:52at 33
24:52he's already
24:53making history
24:54and headlines
24:55with his
24:56progressive
24:56politics
24:57outspoken
24:58and controversial
24:58views
24:59and yes
24:59viral rap
25:00tracks
25:01here's a
25:01closer look
25:02at the
25:02man behind
25:03the New
25:03York
25:03mayoral
25:04campaign
25:05from rapper
25:21to mayor
25:22Zoran Mamdani
25:24called himself
25:25Mr. Cardamom
25:26a young
25:27cardamom
25:28and his
25:28rap videos
25:29have now
25:30gone viral
25:31after it
25:31became clear
25:32that he's
25:33going to be
25:33the next
25:34mayor
25:34of New
25:35York City
25:35the 33
25:43years
25:43rap song
25:44in 2016
25:45even featured
25:46in his
25:47mother
25:47Mira Naya's
25:48film
25:48Queen of
25:49Cutaway
25:49another
26:03song titled
26:04song titled
26:04Salaam
26:05is an ode
26:05to being
26:06Muslim
26:06in New
26:07York
26:07some have
26:08lashed on
26:09to this
26:09song
26:10to argue
26:11his views
26:11are too
26:12extreme
26:13for New
26:13Yorkers
26:14another
26:23another
26:23now viral
26:24song
26:25is called
26:26Nani
26:26and it's
26:28Mamdani's
26:28tribute to
26:29his grandmother
26:29Praveen
26:30Nair
26:30in which
26:31he calls
26:32her
26:3285 year old
26:33gold
26:34Mamdani's
26:51Feeling good, it's been a track for you, Nani.
26:53Nani, Nani, Nani, Nani.
27:00Mamdani's mother, Meera Nair, is of course an acclaimed filmmaker,
27:04with films like Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake.
27:21His father, Mahmood Mamdani, is an anthropology professor at Columbia University,
27:35and Zoran has chosen to follow his father's religion of Islam.
27:40Mamdani married Rama Duaji, a Syrian-American artist, earlier this year.
27:46The couple who met on the dating app, Hinge, live in the Astoria section of Queens.
27:53Bureau Report, India Today.
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