India, July 1 -- US Congressman Brandon Gill was brutally criticised by the social media users for his "racist" commentary on New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Gill had raked up a storm on the internet after he reposted a video of Mamdani eating rice with his bare hands and asked him to "go back to the Third World".

The internet was quick to lash out at the congressman, from grilling him to digging up the family photos of his Indian-origin wife.

Social media users also had questions for the congressman, as to how did he eat food items like pizza, fries and tacos if he disliked eating with his hands so much.

"How do you eat hamburgers, pizza, hot dogs, tacos, burritos, fried chicken, french fries, onion rings, and chicken wing...