Congress chief and candidate for Lok Sabha elections Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Picture: PTI)
Chowdhury’s comment drew flak from the BJP, with the celebration’s nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claiming, “It’s not simply Sam Pitroda however the whole Congress that makes racist feedback”
Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has come beneath fireplace for defending Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ analogy evaluating folks in south India to Africans and people within the east to Chinese language. Requested about his opinion on Pitroda’s comment, Chowdhury mentioned not everybody in India “appears to be like alike” and the nation has “Proto-Australian, N**** class and Mongoloid class”.
“I don’t need to say something about anybody’s private opinion. Our nation has Proto-Australian, N**** class, Mongoloid class. Our topography offers rise to totally different sorts of appearances of our folks. That’s what we’re taught. Not everybody appears to be like alike. Some are black, some are white” mentioned Congress’ Lok Sabha candidate from West Bengal’s Baharampur.
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Chowdhury’s comment drew flak from the BJP, with the celebration’s nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claiming, “It’s not simply Sam Pitroda however the whole Congress that makes racist feedback.”
Congress justifies Sam Pitroda feedback! Stunning & racist !Congress has confirmed
Shabd Sam keSoch Congress ki pic.twitter.com/m9PBPrqgXl
— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) May 9, 2024
Poonawalla additionally requested Congress if would sack Chowdhury for the remark.
Chowdhury’s remark got here a day after Pitroda triggered controversy by evaluating Indians from totally different components of the nation to Chinese language, Arabs, Whites and Africans whereas speaking about variety and democracy in India throughout an interview.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s comment got here a day after Sam Pitroda triggered controversy as he in contrast Indians from totally different components of the nation to Chinese language, Arabs, Whites and Africans whereas speaking about variety and democracy in India throughout an interview.
Quickly BJP seized Pitroda’s assertion to assault assault Congress and requested celebration scion Rahul Gandhi’s response to it. Quickly after the comment acquired backlash, Congress distanced itself from Pitroda’s assertion.
In the meantime, Pitroda on Wednesday additionally resigned because the chairman of the Indian Abroad Congress after his controversial remarks on race and ethnicity spurred the BJP to label the celebration “racist”.
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