Sam Pitroda quits after landing Congress in new mess over racist comments
After backlash over various controversial statements, Sam Pitroda stepped down as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) on Wednesday. Congress has accepted Pitroda’s resignation.
Congress communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh took to X to inform about Pitroda’s decision and said that he did it of his own accord.
Pitroda landed into trouble after his bizarre “racial slur” on the Indians. In a recent interview, while talking about India’s diversity, Congress leader Sam Pitroda made reference to how people in the South “look like Africans, and those in the West look like Arabs, and those, in the East look like Chinese.”
The racist comment by the Congress leader Pitroda has landed the party in controversy yet again.
Pitroda’s comment drew anger and outrage from political parties and Indian citizens.
The Congress also took exception to Pitroda’s remarks on the “colour of citizens” and termed it “unfortunate and unacceptable”.
Earlier in the day, PM Modi slammed the Congress saying that he is quite angry over the remarks made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s “uncle, guide and philosopher” who lives in the United States. “I am very angry today. When I am abused, I don’t get angry. But today the prince’s philosopher has thrown such a big insult that I am filled with anger,” PM Modi said.
Pitroda’s recent assertions on inheritance tax and its benefits also received huge flak from the BJP and put his own party in a spot.
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