Washington, July 6 -- Indian-origin politician Zohran Mamdani, who made headlines after clinching the Democratic Party's nomination for Mayor of New York City, is at the centre of a fresh political controversy. In a recent report, the New York Times stated that Mamdani had claimed both Asian as well as Black or African American status in a college application to Columbia University in 2009. Mamdani's political opponents have attacked the 33-year old politician for claiming African American status to advance his chances of admission into Columbia at a time when the university used race-sensitive affirmative action policies to enhance diversity in the student body. Mamdani - who was born in Uganda to filmmaker Mira Nair and Indian-Ugandan aca...