‘I’m angry‘: PM on Sam Pitroda’s racist remark, attacks Rahul Gandhi, Congress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Congress party and its senior leader Sam Pitroda over the latter’s alleged racist remarks, warning that he would not tolerate “such insult on the basis of skin colour” and that any such further comments could harm the unity of the nation.
While addressing a rally in Warangal, PM Modi made it clear that the country will not tolerate any insult to the people in the name of their skin colour.
PM Modi said 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.”
“I got to know that there is an uncle in America who is the philosophical guide of ‘Shehzada‘ and just like the third umpire in cricket this ‘Shehzada’ takes advice from the third umpire. This philosophical uncle said that those who have black skin are from Africa. This means that you are abusing several people in the country on the basis of their skin colour,” said PM Modi.
“He has abused people of my country in the name of their skin colour… However, as your PM and one among you, I affirm that we are all children of Lord Shri Krishna, and we are all equal, regardless of race or creed,” the PM added.
He asked if the talent of a person be decided on the basis of the colour of the skin.
Before the flames of “inheritance tax” row were doused, Indian Overseas Congress Chairman, Sam Pitroda ignited another controversy with his remarks on India’s diversity.
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.
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