Trump says New Yorkers would be crazy' to elect Zohran Mamdani as mayor
Washington, Jul 1 (AP): US President Donald Trump called the Democrat Zohran Mamdani of Indian American descent a “communist” and said, “the last thing we need is a communist.”
Mamdani claimed victory over former Democratic New York Gov Andrew Cuomo on election night last week in the Democratic mayoral primary. Final results will be announced Tuesday.
The 33-year-old democratic socialist and New York state assemblyman would be the city's first Muslim mayor and its first of Indian American descent if elected.
The Republican president, who grew up in New York, also mentioned Mamdani's campaign promise to open government-run grocery stores.
Trump said that if New Yorkers elect Mamdani as the next mayor, “I think they're crazy.”
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Three of family killed as car overturns in Mandya
Mandya (PTI): Three members of a family, two of them women, were killed when the car they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ditch on Sunday, police said.
The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a bridge on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway at Nagamangala in Mandya district, police added.
The deceased were identified as Chandregowda (62) and Sarojamma (57), both residents of Chikkamagaluru. They were returning to their hometown when the accident occurred, police sources said.
In another incident near Agaralinganna Doddi in Maddur taluk, a private bus overturned on a service road, injuring more than 30 people. Locals helped rescue the passengers after the accident.
The passengers were travelling to Bengaluru after visiting the Shimsha Maramma temple in Malavalli. The injured were taken to hospitals in Mandya and Maddur for treatment.
