Terrific hoping from Bangladeshi American youth not age of voting but on way to running for senate

New York: Just with age of 17 years and being student Bangladeshi American student is running for the New York state Senate in the September Democratic primary against an incumbent from the party. Tahseen Chowdhury, a student of Stuyvesant High School, announced his candidacy for the Empire State’s Senate District 13 last year. He the teenager, who has worked as a student leader and community organizer, first announced his candidacy last May after some allegations of fraud were leveled against the incumbent Jose Peralta. With announcement his candidacy  he said “We cannot keep accepting watered-down versions of progressive legislation from the Independent Democratic Conference, New York should be at the forefront of the progressive movement, not enabling Trump Republicans to get their way.”He was outraged by Peralta’s decision to join the Independent Democratic Conference last year“He claims he’s progressive, but I’m not O.K. with that deception,” Chowdhury told New Yorkers.

Chowdhury’s tenure as an advisor on the New York City Department of Education’s panel for educational policy has shaped his political outlook. He got the chance to serve at the department after he was elected the student union president last year.

Initially, he was hopeful of influencing the decision-making process of the department. But soon he realized that the position didn’t assume any importance, he told The New Yorker. As part of his campaign, he proposes a bill to strengthen the role of students on the panel.

Chowdhury is running on a number of bread-and-butter issues, including nursing homes and affordable care facilities for senior citizens, affordable housing, protection of undocumented immigrants from the policies of the Trump administration, and strengthening education system by providing educational support to teachers, increasing student voice, increasing diversity, and desegregating schools.

The teen has formed a team of 20 advisors, most of whom are youngsters like him.

He is confident that he could convince the working-class neighborhoods in District 13. Born and raised in the district, he understands the community and knows what the community needs and what the community believes.

Being a Muslim, he stands by the community, which is facing the adverse effects of Islam phobia especially after the terrorist attack during Halloween last year. “As a Muslim candidate, I will continue to stand by the Muslim community, as it is one that stands by progressive American beliefs,” he told The New Yorker.

While some people raise concerns about his age, Chowdhury thinks it is an advantage compared to other politicians since he doesn’t have any agenda and he is too young to be compromised.“Some people think I’m not mentally capable of holding the position because my brain hasn’t developed enough,” he said. “Like, literally, I haven’t been on the planet long enough,” Chowdhury added as per New Yorkmedia reports.