“I can’t discuss anybody’s private views. We have Aussie, N****, Mongoloid species in this country. Our terrain throws up various looks for our people. That is what we have learnt. Not all Individuals look alike. Some are dark and some are white,”said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
#watch | West Bengal: Congress candidate from Berhampore Lok Sabha seat Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory even before the election, now Something had changed, and he felt uneasy now that it wasn’t going to be like this… pic.twitter.com/7DOtPD8c3a— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2024
BJP strongly criticized Chaudhry’s comments with its national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claiming that ‘Sam Pitroda also made racist remarks’. doctrine speech.
Congress proves Sam Pitroda right! Shocking and racist!
Shabd Sam keSoch Congresski pic.twitter.com/m9PBPrqgXl
— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) May 9, 2024
Moreover, Poonawalla demanded whether Choudhary would be sacked by Congress for his statement.
Pitroda on Tuesday sparked controversy when he talked about Indian diversity and democracy while equating Indians from different parts of the country with the Chinese, Arabs, whites, and Africans. controversy.
Sam Pitroda had talked about Indian diversity and democracy in an interview a day before Chaudhry made his comments comparing Indians from different parts of the country to Chinese, Arabs controversy emerged due to comparison with humans, whites and Africans.
As a result of this condemnation by BJP, which demanded Rahul Gandhi’s response on Thursday, Congress immediately disowned Pitroda’s statement.
Meantime on Wednesday Indian American Sam Pitroda resigned as Overseas Indian Congress (IOC) chief following his controversial remarks about race and ethnicity that saw Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) label it “racist”.
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Sanstuti Nath is a senior associate editor at News18.com with about five years of desk and reporting experience.She writes about Indian politics…read more
