Congress MP from Bahrampur Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary possibly caused more trouble for his party when he seemingly defended Sam Pitroda's ‘Chinese, African’ analogy.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla shared a video clip wherein Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary could be seen saying that Pitroda's comments were 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 of people.
Criticising Adhir Chowdhary for his comments Shehzad Poonawalla tweeted, “It shows that the words are Sam Pitroda, but soch is of Congress."
The veteran leader was an advisor to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and has been closely associated with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who accompanied him during his foreign visits.
Congress MP from Bahrampur Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary possibly caused more trouble for his party when he seemingly defended Sam Pitroda's ‘Chinese, African’ analogy. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla shared a video clip wherein Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary could be seen saying that Pitroda's comments were 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 of people. Hai to hai (It is how it is). In the demography of our country, regional features are different. What someone said is his personal opinion but it is true that some people are white, some dark".
Criticising Adhir Chowdhary for his comments Shehzad Poonawalla tweeted, “It shows that the words are Sam Pitroda, but soch is of Congress."
"Is it justifying comments of Uncle Sam?" Poonawalla queried.
Sam Pitroda, who resigned as Indian Overseas Congress chairman, stoked a controversy with his remarks during a podcast where he cited ethnic and racial identities like 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 upon the democracy in India, said, "We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, leaving aside a few fights here and there. We could hold a country together as diverse as India, where people in the East look like Chinese, people in the West look like Arab, people in the North look like white, and maybe 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 that I believe in, where everybody has a place and everybody compromises a little bit," he said.
The veteran leader was an advisor to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and has been closely associated with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who accompanied him during his foreign visits.
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