نیویارک (پاکستان نیوز) نیویارک کی اسٹیٹ اسمبلی میں اس مرتبہ جنوبی ایشیائی امریکن امیدواروں کی آمد ہوئی ہے ، دونوں امیدواروں کا تعلق ڈیمرکریٹس سے بتایا جاتا ہے ، جینیفر راج کمار نے 66 فیصد ووٹوں اور ظہران نے 72 فیصد ووٹوں کے ساتھ کامیابی حاصل کی ہے ۔29 سالہ ظہران اسٹوریا کی ریاست کی نمائندگی کر رہے ہیں انھوں نے انتخابات کے دوران ڈیموکریٹس کی آراویلا کو شکست سے دوچار کیا ، 38سالہ راجکمار کوئینز کے کچھ حصوں کی نمائندگی کریں گے ، انھوں نے انتخابات کے دوران ری پبلکن کی جیوانی پیرنا کو شکست سے دوچار کیا ہے ۔
The 2010 census reported that more than 300,000 South Asians lived in New York City — about a third of the total Asian American population — but the community hasn’t had an elected desi representative before this year.
Mamdani, a housing advocate, is among several progressive, Democratic Socialists of America-backed newcomers in New York politics who have unseated entrenched incumbents. Mamdani, an Indian American who was born and raised in Uganda and refers to himself as Indian Ugandan, is the son of the renowned filmmaker Mira Nair. He also used to work as a foreclosure housing counselor at Chhaya, an advocacy group based in Queens.
Rajkumar, who won her primary over Democratic incumbent Michael Miller — who repeatedly voted against legalizing same sex-marriage — is an Indian American lawyer who previously ran for the Assembly in 2016. She previously served as Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s director of immigration affairs and as special counsel for the New York State Department. Early in the year, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. — who is also Indian American — endorsed her.
Only one other person of Indian descent has been elected to any government office in New York before Mamdani and Rajkumar: Kevin Thomas, who was elected to the state Senate from Long Island in 2018. Thomas, who along with John Liu became the first Asian American state senators, has advocated for official recognition of the Hindu festival Holi and has invited Muslim religious leaders to offer the Senate’s opening prayer.
