Indian-origin leader Chandra Arya was targeted by online trolls for his “thick Indian accent” after he announced that he officially entered the race to become Canada’s next prime minister.
A Liberal MP from Nepean, Chandra Arya, on Friday outlined his plans to make Canada a “sovereign republic” and raise the retirement age. Many even compared Arya with former Indian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
“This dude moved to Canada at the age of FOURTY THREE, speaks broken English with a thick Indian accent, and yet is somehow an MP and running to be the next Prime Minister. Imagine I moved to Mumbai, took an introductory course on how to speak Gujarati, then ran to replace Modi [sic],” commented a social media user while sharing Arya’s video message.
An X user referred to senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and commented, “Have you heard about Sonia Gandhi who is an Italian by birth n after having lived in India for 50 years, can’t still speak Hindi or English. She was this close to becoming the PM of India. She is currently in Member of Parliament and has been for 5 terms [sic].”
