India, June 25 -- In a resounding display of political muscle that has sent shockwaves through the Democratic establishment, a slate of progressive candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept to victory in the United States' congressional primaries. The results serve as a definitive statement on the city's ideological direction, as the American voters overwhelmingly favoured Mamdani's brand of democratic socialism over the party's traditional machine, ousting two sitting members of Congress and seizing a seat held by a retiring veteran.

The outcome marks a turning point for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in the nation's largest city, signalling that the momentum that propelled Mamdani to City Hall last year ...