'Country has ....': Adhir Ranjan drops N-bomb in defence of Pitroda
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | May 9, 2024, 02.56 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Defending Sam Pitroda's 'racist' analogy comparing people in South to Africans and those in East to Chinese, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the country has "Proto-Australian, N**** and Mongoloid class" and that "not everyone looks alike".
"I don't need to speak much on personal opinions...our country has Proto-Australian, N****, Mongoloid class. According to the topography of our country regional feature also differs. That what we are taught...not everyone looks alike. Some are black...some are white. It's obvious!" said Congress Lok Sabha candidate from West Bengal's Baharampur.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla lashed out at Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury over his remark and asked if Congress would sack him for the comment.Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 's remark comes a day after Sam Pitroda triggered controversy as he compared Indians from different parts of the nation to Chinese, Arabs, Whites and Africans while talking about diversity and democracy in India during an interview.
"We are a shining example of democracy in the world...we could hold country together as diverse as India where people in East look like Chinese, people in West look like Arab, people in North look like maybe white and people in South look like Africa Doesn't matter, we are all brothers and sisters," said the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress," Pitroda said.
Later, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seized Pitroda's remark and stepped up its attack at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, seeking the Congress scion's response on Pitroda's comment.
Soon after the clip of the remark went viral on social media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at Sam Pitroda during his Telangana rally. "I am very angry today... I am very angry with the remark made by Sam Pitroda".
The PM added, "We will not accept this racist mentality". "I can tolerate it when abuses are hurled at me, but not when they are hurled at my people. Can we decide a person's merit based on skin colour? Who permitted the 'Shehzada' (Rahul Gandhi) to look down on my people like that? We will not accept this racist mentality!" said PM Modi.
As the controversy spiraled, the Congress dissociated itself from the Pitroda's analogies, calling them "most unfortunate and unacceptable".
"The analogies drawn by Mr Sam Pitroda in a podcast to illustrate India's diversity are most unfortunate and unacceptable. The Indian National Congress completely dissociates itself from these analogies," Jiram Ramesh, Congress's general secretary in-charge communications, posted on X.
After a massive row over his racist remarks, Sam Pitroda on Wednesday quit as the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress.
"I don't need to speak much on personal opinions...our country has Proto-Australian, N****, Mongoloid class. According to the topography of our country regional feature also differs. That what we are taught...not everyone looks alike. Some are black...some are white. It's obvious!" said Congress Lok Sabha candidate from West Bengal's Baharampur.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla lashed out at Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury over his remark and asked if Congress would sack him for the comment.Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 's remark comes a day after Sam Pitroda triggered controversy as he compared Indians from different parts of the nation to Chinese, Arabs, Whites and Africans while talking about diversity and democracy in India during an interview.
"We are a shining example of democracy in the world...we could hold country together as diverse as India where people in East look like Chinese, people in West look like Arab, people in North look like maybe white and people in South look like Africa Doesn't matter, we are all brothers and sisters," said the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress," Pitroda said.
Later, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seized Pitroda's remark and stepped up its attack at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, seeking the Congress scion's response on Pitroda's comment.
Soon after the clip of the remark went viral on social media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at Sam Pitroda during his Telangana rally. "I am very angry today... I am very angry with the remark made by Sam Pitroda".
The PM added, "We will not accept this racist mentality". "I can tolerate it when abuses are hurled at me, but not when they are hurled at my people. Can we decide a person's merit based on skin colour? Who permitted the 'Shehzada' (Rahul Gandhi) to look down on my people like that? We will not accept this racist mentality!" said PM Modi.
As the controversy spiraled, the Congress dissociated itself from the Pitroda's analogies, calling them "most unfortunate and unacceptable".
"The analogies drawn by Mr Sam Pitroda in a podcast to illustrate India's diversity are most unfortunate and unacceptable. The Indian National Congress completely dissociates itself from these analogies," Jiram Ramesh, Congress's general secretary in-charge communications, posted on X.
After a massive row over his racist remarks, Sam Pitroda on Wednesday quit as the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress.