India, Sept. 23 -- Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, announced he is withdrawing from an upcoming televised town hall on WABC News in protest of ABC's suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, Variety reported.

The event, scheduled for Thursday, was set to feature Mamdani as he is campaigning for the November mayoral election. However, following ABC's decision to pull Kimmel's show off the air after backlash from conservative circles, Mamdani said he could not participate in a program hosted by a network that "capitulated to political pressure."

Kimmel was suspended last week after making remarks about the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. On his show, he accused Donald Tru...