'Unfortunate and unacceptable': Congress distances itself from Sam Pitroda's ‘racist’ remark
Also Read: ‘Disgusting’: BJP slams Sam Pitroda over his 'People in east look like Chinese, in South like Africans' remark Jairam Ramesh further added that The Indian National Congress completely dissociates itself from these analogies. "We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, leaving aside few fights here and there.
We could hold a country together as diverse as India, where people on east look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like white and maybe people on South look like Africans," said Pitroda in an interview to 'The Statesman', reported ANI. Also Read: Sam Pitroda on inheritance tax controversy: ‘Who said this should be done in India? Why is the BJP in panic?' Reacting to Pitroda's remark, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asked him to understand a little about our country.
“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 candidate from Thiruvananthapuram and Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar termed Pitroda's remark as "Shameless". "This is how Rahul Gandhi has been taught to divide up and see India by his tutor and mentor -Sam Pitroda," he said.
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