Sam Pitroda, the president of the Indian Overseas Congress, made a statement that sparked a political firestorm. Actually, politics have heated up since the release of the Sam Pitroda video. In response, BJP leaders have taken a harsh stance against Sam Pitroda.
Reaction to Sam Pitroda’s Video
Social media users are sharing Sam Pitroda’s video a lot. Pitroda is heard in the video stating that India is a very diverse nation. People in the North most likely look like white people, people in the South likely look like Africans, and people in the East likely look like Chinese.
BJP candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha seat Kangana Ranaut shared the video of Sam Pitroda on her social media platform X and wrote, “Sam Pitroda is Rahul Gandhi’s mentor. Listen to his racist & divisive jibes for Indians. Their whole ideology is about divide & rule. It’s sickening to call fellow Indians Chinese and African. Shame on Congress”
Shehzad Poonawalla’s Criticism
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla responds to controversial statement made by Indian Overseas Congress Chairman Sam Pitroda that “People in East look like Chinese, in South look like Africans.” He said, “This is a shocking, despicable and disgusting comment made by Sam Pitroda. He is the mentor of Rahul Gandhi. It is the word, spirit, vocabulary and ideology of Rahul Gandhi… First, they divided on the basis of caste, religion and language.”
He added, “Now, they are dividing Indian vs. Indian. And to make a comment like Indians are like Chinese, isn’t it a racist comment?… Isn’t it an insulting and objectionable comment? It shows that ‘Congress ki Mohabbat ki Dukan actually has Nafrat and Racism ka Saman’…”
Criticism of Pitroda’s Understanding of India
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad says, “It becomes clear again and again that what does Sam Pitroda understand about India. It is clear that he is a failure. He doesn’t understand the country. He is Rahul Gandhi’s advisor. I can now understand why Rahul Gandhi speaks nonsense…This is the frustration of defeat. They neither understand India nor its heritage.”
