Zohran Mamdani made all the South Asians and his supporters proud after becoming the first Muslim, South Asian and youngest mayor of New York City. This 34-year-old man has both beauty and brains with a spice of humour. That’s a complete package! It’s hard for us not to admire him. After his win many celebrities like Priyanka Chopra and Shabana Azmi took to their social media accounts and shared congratulatory posts. Check out the list below!
1. Priyanka Chopra
This desi girl, who also resides in New York celebrated Zohran Mamdani’s win by posting a story on her Instagram. She added the video of his speech after the win and congratulated him. The Citadel actor mentioned that he became NYC’s 111th mayor. If you are a spiritual girlie, you must know the importance this angel number holds. Further, PC also congratulated the new mayor’s mother and acclaimed filmmaker, Mira Nair.
The United States politician and actor who is famously known for her work on our beloved S*x And The City show, shared a post with a lengthy caption. In that, she expressed how much she loved Zohran and went on to praise him. Further the veteran star asked people to keep on supporting him. Cynthia also urged people to “buckle up” as they are set to go on a ride they don’t want to miss out on!
3. Kal Penn
Author and actor Kal Penn, who starred in The Namesake film which was directed by his mother Mira Nair also shared a congratulatory post on Instagram. He added candid pictures and videos to the post and simply wrote “That’s my Mayor” with the United States flag emoji. Tabu and Rasika Dugal commented with clapping hands emoji and red hearts emoji respectively.
4. Shashi Tharoor
Indian politician, Shashi Tharoor took to his X account and congratulated his mother, Mira Nair, Zohran and his uncles, Vicky and Gautam Nair on his historic and impressive win. Tharoor added a screenshot of The New York Times’ article that showed the election results.
5. Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi, who never shies away from posting such type of historic wins, took to her Facebook and expressed her happiness about Zohran’s victory. The veteran star clarified that she wasn’t just happy because of who his parent were but because of who Zohran is as an individual. She hoped that he represented social justice.
This historic win has made many people happy. Social media is flooded with netizens expressing their happiness over his victory. We wish Zohran Mamdani all the best for the new journey!