New Delhi, May 9 -- A Texas woman running for Governor, Kelly Smith, is now facing intense online scrutiny after she stoked anti-India sentiments with her social media post, which has now gone viral.

In the post, Kelly Smith can be seen wearing Indian attire against a temple backdrop and wrote on X, "Because people from India have claimed to be just as American as me, I've decided to become Indian. My new name is Pria; however, I will be eating hamburgers at Temple and wearing shoes because I can't give up my Texan culture. I'm just as Indian as y'all, my new name proves it. In fact, we should all become Indian and grill some steaks at the temple."

As her artificial intelligence (AI)-generated image went viral, drawing major backlash fr...