Congress chief Sam Pitroda has stepped down from the submit of Chairman of the Indian Abroad Congress and his resignation was accepted by the occasion. Congress chief Jairam Ramesh took to X and introduced that Sam Pitroda had determined to resign from the important thing submit “of his own accord”.
Pitroda had been below hearth over his controversial comment that Indians within the East resemble the Chinese language whereas these within the South appear to be Africans. The Congress instantly distanced itself from Pitroda’s remarks, terming them “unacceptable”.
“We could hold together a country as diverse as India — where people on East look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like maybe White and people in South look like Africans. It doesn’t matter. We are all brothers and sisters,” Pitroda mentioned throughout an interview with The Statesman.
The BJP additionally hit out on the Congress over Pitroda’s remarks and termed them “racist and divisive”.
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