New York City: Hours after winning New York City's Mayoral poll, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani delivered his victory speech in which he quoted the first Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. On Tuesday evening (local time), Mamdani scripted history by becoming the first Muslim mayor of New York City.

Quoting Nehru from his famous ‘Tryst with Destiny’ address, Mamdani said, "Standing before you, I think of the words of Jawaharlal Nehru. What comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance. Tonight, we have stepped out from the old into the new."

VIDEO | USA: Addressing his supporters after winning New York city mayoral elections, Indian-origin democratic socialist lawmaker, Zoh

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