India, July 2 -- In a response to what he called US President Donald Trump's threat to have him arrested, stripped of citizenship, put in detention camp and deported, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said the remarks not only present an attack on country's democracy but are an attempt to "send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hid in the shadows".

Zohran Mamdani shared a post on X, captioned, " My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President helped out of legal accountability."

"The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I...