Indian-American Town Council Candidate’s Campaign Sign Defaced

Sarika Bansal, who, if elected, would be the first Indian-American and second woman of color to serve on the Cary Town council, was attending a meeting when a friend texted her about the sign, The Herald-Sun daily reported on Friday.

Bansal said the sign was found in the Highcroft Village neighbourhood in west Cary in District D — the place from where she is running for a council seat.

She told the daily that her head on the sign was scratched off and a photo of a Black person was superimposed over her face.