Councilman lashes out at critics

Councilmember Nayeem Choudhury

By Charles Sercombe
City Councilmember Nayeem Choudhury has some choice words for his critics.
In a back-and-forth on social media, Choudhury found himself defending his own cutting remarks about former City Clerk Rana (Faraj) Allen, and also getting into a spat with a political rival.
It all started with Diana Elizabeth calling out Choudhury for saying Allen deserved to be fired by the city.
“She was not a good person as she should be as a human being,” Choudhury told the Detroit News. “Job is not authoritarian, should be respected, due diligence and integrity.”
Elizabeth said Choudhury’s comment is “very disappointing and disrespectful and even misogynistic. Weren’t you recently, and your father in the past, suspected of election fraud? That also makes you ‘not a good person.’”
Choudhury didn’t hold back in his response:
“I will get my lawyer on this, and fake bitches always cry,” he said.
That led to Kamal Rahman, who has run for mayor several times and has clashed politically with Choudhury, to jump in and expand on the election investigation that Choudhury faced (but has yet to be charged with).
“He was caught with the collected ballots and fled the country to avoid prosecution. He took me to his car and showed me bundle of blank ballots and asked me if I had any for trade!” Rahman said.
Choudhury fired back at Rahman:
“Come to my face and talk about my well-respected father in the community over 30 years. I was silent and respectful. You have been attacking me (in) many places with accusations and trying to ruin my long term reputation and long-term success and serving people with dignity and needs in the communities more than 20 years. You are a jealous person, psychopath, douchebag, and like to start a war like Mr. Benjamin (Netanyahu).”
(Netanyahu is the prime minister of Israel.)
The Review reached Rahman by phone, and he verified the email exchange with Choudhury.
“The name calling doesn’t bother me; I’ve been through that before in politics,” he said. “He (Choudhury) doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”
Choudhury’s comments caught the attention of former city councilmember Joe Strzalka, who questioned whether Choudhury should also face being censured by his council colleagues for disrespectful language similar to what fellow Councilmember Yousef Saed received for an alleged disparaging comment he made on Facebook about four councilmembers.
“Nayeem Choudhury, don’t elected officials get censured for calling people names on Facebook?” Strzalka questioned.
Choudhury’s comments likely turned off a few voters.
“Your comments on this thread have done nothing other than confirming for everyone why you should not have your position,” said Alysia Marie.
“First of all, it requires a mature, intelligent, and mentally stable individual to be a city official — calling the residents of the city you represent names like ‘douchebags’ and ‘fake bitches’ only shows that you are not fit for council.”
This is Choudhury’s second term on city council. The Review reached out to Choudhury both via his city email and by telephone, but he did not respond.
Posted March 27, 2026