January 11, 2025 01:44 PM (IST)
India-born MP Chandra Arya’s decision to participate in Canada’s prime minister election has been controversial, with many people expressing dissatisfaction.
Indian-born MP Chandra Arya has announced that he will run to become the next Prime Minister of Canada following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation. In his post, he said he decided to run to “lead a more efficient, smaller government to rebuild our country and ensure prosperity for future generations.” However, his announcement was met with ridicule from some, including a man who claimed Alia spoke “broken English” and even mocked his “thick Indian accent.”
“This guy is 43 years old, immigrated to Canada, speaks broken English with an Indian accent, but somehow he’s a member of parliament and running to be the next prime minister,” wrote X user Chris Brunette. .
“Imagine if I moved to Mumbai, took an introductory course to speak Gujarati, and then ran to replace Mr. Modi,” he added.
Chandra Arya’s announcement:
Alia announced her decision to enter the race in an X post. He listed the problems he believed Canada was facing and said he had solutions. “Canada deserves leadership that is not afraid to make big decisions to rebuild our economy, restore hope, create equal opportunity for all Canadians, and ensure prosperity for our children and grandchildren.” “Bold political decisions are not optional, they are necessary.”
See the post here.
Who is Chandra Arya?
The Indo-Canadian politician with the Liberal Party represents Nepean in the House of Commons, having won the seat three times since 2015.
He hails from Karnataka and once shared a video of himself speaking in the Canadian Parliament in his native Kannada. “I spoke in the Canadian Parliament in my mother tongue (first language) Kannada. This beautiful language has a long history and is spoken by approximately 50 million people. This is the first time I’ve ever been attacked,” he said in a post on X, then known as Twitter.
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