Nehru mentioned, Mira Nair thanked, Dhoom song played: Key moments from Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech

Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani on Tuesdayw won the mayoral elections for New York City, becoming the city’s first Muslim mayor as well as the youngest to hold the post.

The 33-year-old defeated former governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, who was contesting the polls as an Independent candidate. Mamdani will replace predecessor Eric Adams, who had dropped his reelection bid in September.

Following the success of his digital and social media-savvy campaign primarily focused on cost-of-living in New York and other welfare issues, Mamdani delivered an electrifying victory speech.

Key moments from Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech

📌 In his victory speech, Mamdani promised to fight for all New Yorkers, whether they are “an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall.”

📌 The Democrat celebrated his victory by citing Nehru’s iconic Tryst with Destiny speech. “A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance,” he said.

📌 After the conclusion of Mamdani’s victory speech, the ‘Dhoom’ song played in the background as he celebrated with his wife, Rama Duwaji. Following this, his mother, filmmaker Mira Nair and father, Mahmood Mamdani, also stepped on the stage to hug their son.