Indian-American Republican candidate for NY district election apologises for his tweet focusing on Muslims

An Indian-American Republican candidate, who’s contesting for the upcoming common election to the New York State Assembly District 16, has apologised for a tweet focusing on the Muslim neighborhood, saying his intent was by no means to harm anybody.

Vibhuti Jha, 70, who has now deleted the tweet, is operating towards Democrat Gina Sillitti for the New York State Assembly District 16 elections to be held on Tuesday.

“I deleted a tweet that appeared several months ago forwarded by someone to me! I believe some of the Muslim groups were unhappy about the content & comparison made therein. I u/s the joke didn’t go down well. I confirm the intent was never to hurt anyone,” Jha tweeted final week.

“I want to add I have very good Muslim friends – we share mutual respect for each other and share jokes and laughter in these difficult times. Friendship is all about sharing joy, anger and move the life forward. We have to face our challenges together,” he stated.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Jha is the Managing Director of New York-based monetary providers agency Global Capital Service Group. He can be the co-founder of Relaxxapp, a thoughts and physique health app.

New York’s sixteenth State Assembly district is without doubt one of the 150 districts within the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Sillitti since 2021.

District 16 is situated in Nassau County throughout the city of North Hempstead. The district consists of the villages of Great Neck, North Hills, East Hills, Flower Hill, Old Westbury, Roslyn Estates, and Lake Success, in addition to the hamlets of Roslyn Heights, Port Washington and Herricks.