Congress leader and candidate for Lok Sabha elections Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Image: PTI)
Chowdhury’s remark drew flak from the BJP, with the party’s national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claiming, “It’s not just Sam Pitroda but the entire Congress that makes racist comments”
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has come under fire for defending Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ analogy comparing people in south India to Africans and those in the east to Chinese. Asked about his opinion on Pitroda’s remark, Chowdhury said not everyone in India “looks alike” and the country has “Proto-Australian, N**** class and Mongoloid class”.
“I don’t want to say anything about anyone’s personal opinion. Our country has Proto-Australian, N**** class, Mongoloid class. Our topography gives rise to different kinds of appearances of our people. That is what we are taught. Not everyone looks alike. Some are black, some are white” said Congress’ Lok Sabha candidate from West Bengal’s Baharampur.
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Chowdhury’s remark drew flak from the BJP, with the party’s national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claiming, “It’s not just Sam Pitroda but the entire Congress that makes racist comments.”
Congress justifies Sam Pitroda comments! Shocking & racist !Congress has proven
Shabd Sam keSoch Congress ki pic.twitter.com/m9PBPrqgXl
— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) May 9, 2024
Poonawalla also asked Congress if would sack Chowdhury for the comment.
Chowdhury’s comment came a day after Pitroda triggered controversy by comparing Indians from different parts of the nation to Chinese, Arabs, Whites and Africans while talking about diversity and democracy in India during an interview.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s remark came 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.
Soon BJP seized Pitroda’s statement to attack attack Congress and asked party scion Rahul Gandhi’s response to it. Soon after the remark received backlash, Congress distanced itself from Pitroda’s statement.
Meanwhile, Pitroda on Wednesday also resigned as the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress after his controversial remarks on race and ethnicity spurred the BJP to label the party “racist”.
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