Congress MP from Bahrampur Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary may have created more trouble for the Congress when he apparently defended Sam Pitroda's 'Chinese, African' analogy. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla shared videos of the Congress MP, in which the latter says Pitroda's comments are his personal opinion.
In the videos shared by BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary says, “We have Proto Australoids, Mongoloid class, Negrita class people. Hai to hai (it is what it is). The demography of our country has different regional characteristics. What someone said is their personal opinion, but it is true that some people are white, some are dark.”
Shehzad Poonawalla tweeted: “It shows that the words are Sam Pitroda but soch is from Congress,” criticizing Adhir Chowdhary for his comments.
“Is this a justification for Uncle Sam's comments?” Poonawalla asked.
Sam Pitroda, who resigned as chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, sparked controversy with his comments during a podcast in which he cited ethnic and racial identities such as Chinese, Africans, Arabs and whites to describe the physical appearance of Indians from different parts. of the country.
Sam Pitroda, in an interview with 'The Statesman', while reflecting on democracy in India, said: 'We have survived for 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, apart from a few fights here and there. a country as diverse as India, where people in the East look like Chinese, people in the West look like Arabs, people in the North look like whites, and perhaps people in the South look like Africans.”
He said the people of India respect different languages, religions, food and customs, which vary from region to region. “That's the India I believe in, where everyone has a place and everyone compromises a little,” he said.
The veteran leader was an advisor to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and was closely associated with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who accompanied him during his foreign visits.
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Published: May 9, 2024 7:57 PM IST