PM Modi asks Karnataka to ditch Congress for its ‘perverted' vote bank politics Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was one of the first to react when he took to X and slammed Pitroda over his remarks and said, "Sam bhai, I am from the North East and I look like an Indian. We are a diverse country - we may look different but we are all one. Understand a little about our country!" BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla also joined in the criticism alleging that these were racist comments by a man who is the guru of Rahul Gandhi.
PM Modi on Pitroda's inheritance tax remark: 'Congress ki loot zindagi ke... "It is the words and thinking of Rahul Gandhi only because these days Rahul is also playing the politics of divide and rule to such an extent that first they divide on caste and language lines and now they are doing Indians Vs Indians. To make comments like Indians are like Chinese. Isn't this a racist comment? Isn't this insulting? Indians are looking like Africans.
Isn't it the comment on the entire South people? By making these comments, it shows that Congress' "Mohabbat ki dukaan" actually has "Nafrat ka saaman". Unless Congress gives a complete explanation and sacks Sam Pitroda, this should be taken as the statement of the Congress," Poonawalla said. 'Inheritance tax will bring more people under the tax net': Nikhil Kamath "Sam Pitroda is Rahul Gandhi's mentor.
Listen to his racist & divisive jibes for Indians. Their whole ideology is about divide & rule. It's sickening to call fellow Indians Chinese and African.
Shame on Congress!" BJP's Mandi Lok Sabha seat candidate Kangana Ranaut said. Pitroda had earlier courted controversy when he had advocated an inheritance tax-like law in the country. However, the Congress
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