Mace Musulma ta farko da ta tsaya takarar mataimakiyar gwamna a Virginia
"Muna fatan wannan lokaci mai tarihi zai zaburar da 'yan Amurka Musulmi su ci gaba da hidimar jama'a da kuma shiga harkokin siyasa a Virginia da kuma fadin kasar," in ji Majalisar Hulɗa da Musulunci ta Amurka (CAIR) a cikin wata sanarwa, a cewar NBC.
Sanata Ghazala Hashemi ta jam'iyyar Democrat ta Virginia ta kayar da mai gabatar da jawabi na masu ra'ayin mazan jiya John Reed a takarar mataimakin gwamna a ranar Talata, inda ta zama mace 'yar Indiya-Amurka ta farko da ta rike mukamin gwamna a jihar Virginia kuma mace Musulma ta farko da ta rike mukamin gwamna a jihar Amurka.
A baya CNN ta ruwaito cewa Hashemi za ta lashe zaben mataimakiyar gwamna a Virginia, wanda hakan ya sanya ta zama mace Musulma ta farko a tarihin Amurka da ta rike mukamin da aka zaba a jihar.
A matsayinta na mataimakiyar gwamna, Hashemi za ta jagoranci Majalisar Dattawan jihar kuma za ta iya samun kuri'un da za su yanke hukunci a kunnen doki, rawar da take da matukar muhimmanci saboda idan aka bar kujerarta, 'yan Democrat za su samu rinjaye 19-20 kacal a majalisar.
Hashemi, 'yar majalisar dattawa ta Richmond wacce ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen sauya sheka zuwa ga 'yan Democrat a shekarar 2019, ta yi kamfe kan adawarta da gwamnatin Trump.
Virginia tana daya daga cikin jihohi 17 da ake zaben mataimakin gwamna daban da gwamnan, duk da cewa jam'iyyun biyu ba su taba rike mukamai biyu a lokaci guda ba a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata.
Gwamnonin mataimaka, ciki har da na yanzu, galibi suna amfani da matsayin a matsayin wurin fara takarar gwamna saboda ba a ba gwamnonin Virginia damar yin wa'adi biyu a jere ba.
Hashemi ta lashe zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat da kyar a watan Yuni, inda ta lashe kashi 28 cikin 100 na kuri'un da aka kada daga cikin 'yan takara biyar na jam'iyyar.
Ghazala Hashemi farfesa ce ta jami'a wacce ta yi hijira zuwa Amurka tare da iyalinta daga Indiya tun tana karama.
