Mamdani Takes Aim At Hindu Group Over ‘Exclusionary Vision’

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, said he would not support a Hindu event in Manhattan where the leader of the group that is the ideological parent of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will speak.

Asked if the event featuring Mohan Bhagwat, head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), should be canceled, he ripped the party’s “exclusionary vision,” declaring, “I don’t support the rally, but I don’t know if the city has any jurisdiction to cancel a private event. The vision of India that I was taught by my family and one that I grew up being very familiar with was of a pluralistic society of a secular republic that believed in the belonging of each and every person who was from India. And it has been incredibly troubling to see the rise of a movement that is predicated on an exclusionary vision.”

This is just the latest play in Mamdani’s predictable playbook, seemingly derived from an endless urge to rip into anything he deems anti-Muslim while ignoring history.

Mamdani’s sudden posture as a defender of secular pluralism ignores a long, brutal history that has included centuries of documented evidence of violent persecution of Hindus by Islamic conquerors and movements. From the medieval raids of Mahmud of Ghazni targeting iconic Hindu temples to the bloody 1921 Moplah Rebellion in Malabar and the 1946 Direct Action Day massacres, history is replete with chapters of targeted anti-Hindu aggression.

In modern times, that history extends to the violent forced exile of Kashmiri Hindus from their ancestral homes by foreign-backed Islamist militants.

Instead of recognizing the deep-seated historical trauma of non-Muslim communities, Mamdani acts as though any group standing up for its cultural heritage is inherently suspicious, as long as they aren’t part of his preferred voting blocs.

This double standard directly mirrors Mamdani’s consistent attempts to vilify other religious groups. Just as he hyper-fixates on Israel while actively ignoring actual theocratic regimes across the Middle East, he now trains his sights on a Hindu cultural event in his own backyard. When pressed on the Middle East, Mamdani routinely waffles on Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish nation, falsely accusing it of creating a religious hierarchy. He launches these attacks against the region’s only democracy while remaining silent on real human rights abusers like Iran, where religious minorities are routinely suppressed and women are dragged away by morality police.

Even worse, Mamdani’s hypocrisy extends to who gets invited to City Hall. While he has boycotted traditional events supported by the Jewish community — like skipping the historic Israel Day parade while happily marching in the Pakistan Independence Day celebration — he has no problem rolling out the red carpet for controversial figures. Earlier this year, he hosted Mahmoud Khalil, who was targeted for deportation by federal authorities over alleged ties to terror group propaganda, for a cozy Ramadan dinner at Gracie Mansion.

Whether he is trying to delegitimize the world’s only Jewish state or attempting to smear a private cultural event organized by Hindu Americans, Mamdani is consistent.