Indian Overseas Congress President Sam Pitroda. (Image source: PTI)
Pitroda, often considered a close aide of Rahul Gandhi, once said that people in eastern India look like Chinese and people in the south look like Africans
In the ongoing controversy surrounding his. racist remarksSam Pitroda decided on Wednesday to resign on his own as chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress Party. His decision has been accepted by the great old party national president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Shri Sam Pitroda has voluntarily resigned as Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress Party. The Congress president has accepted his resignation. Sam Pitroda has decided to resign on his own initiative as the President of the Indian Overseas Congress. Congress…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 8, 2024
The dust has not yet settled on Pitroda’s “inheritance tax” remarks, and the leader’s latest remarks on India’s diversity have created new trouble for the great old party. Pitroda, often considered a close aide of Rahul Gandhi, said people in eastern India look like Chinese while people in the south look like Africans.
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Highlighting how India has developed into a shining example of democracy in the world, Pitroda said the country’s people “have survived for 75 years in a very happy environment where people live together.”
“We can unite a country as diverse as India – people from the east look like Chinese, people from the west look like Arabs, people from the north look like white people, people from south India look like Africans. It doesn’t matter. We are all brothers and sisters. politician.
Several leaders of the BJP lashed out at the Congress over Pitroda’s racist remarks and demanded an apology from the Congress. Prime Minister Modi denounced the grand old political party for “insulting Indians on the basis of their skin colour”.
“I can tolerate it when I am abused, but not when they abuse my people. We will not accept this racist mentality,” the prime minister said.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is from Tamil and represents Karnataka in the Union House, said she was from the south and looked the same as her teammates from northeast and west India. Like Indians. “But to Rahul Gandhi’s racist mentor, we all look African, Chinese, Arab and white,” she posted on “X.”
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam, led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, termed Pitroda’s remarks ” shameful”.
“This is a statement to divide India into parts. This is an insult to the people of India. Sam Pitroda ji and Rahul Gandhi ji also heard the same Personally, he also makes irrational remarks. Jairam Ramesh has said that he (Sam Pitroda) is our guru. So, does the Congress party support this issue?
As tensions mount, the Congress party distances itself from Sam Pitroda’s remarks. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh came out to quell the anger against his party, saying: “The analogy made by Mr. Sam Pitroda in the podcast to illustrate the diversity of India is the most unfortunate and unacceptable. Accepted. The Indian National Congress completely disagrees with these analogies.
The Prime Minister slammed the Congress’s “divisive” mentality, saying the party wanted to divide the country. “The Congress party has proven time and again that this is against India and the Indian people,” he said.
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