India, Nov. 11 -- New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani refused to speak Hindi during a street interview, claiming his command over the language is not good enough. The incident occurred when Mamdani, 34, ran into content creator Feroz Khan Zadran while walking around New York City with his team.

Zadran, who has cultivated a strong Instagram following by interviewing people from the subcontinent, stopped Mamdani by complimenting his outfit and asked him what he does for a living.

"I'm the mayor-elect. I'm working to make New York City affordable," Mamdani told him with a big smile. The Indian-origin Democrat socialist then introduced the two people walking with him as his team members - Elle Bisgaard-Church, his longtime adviser who ...