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Senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda - whose comment last month about an inheritance tax in the United States sparked a massive fight with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party - has triggered another row in his attempt to make a pitch for national unity.
In an exclusive interview with The Statesman, Mr Pitroda described India as a "... diverse country... where people on East look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like maybe White and people in South look like Africa".
The remark has been slammed by senior BJP leaders, including Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and his Assam counterpart, Himanta Biswa Sarma, who posted on X, " Sam bhai, I am from the northeast, and I look like an Indian. We are a diverse country - we may look different, but we are all one."
“ Sam bhai, I am from the North East and I look like an Indian. We are a diverse country – we may look different but we are all one. Hamare desh ke bare mein thoda to samajh lo (learn a bit about our…
Himanta Biswa Sarma,
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“ We could hold the country as diverse as India together. Where people in the east look like the Chinese, people in the west look like the Arabs, people in the north look like, maybe, white and people…
Sam Pitroda,
Unfortunate & Unacceptable': Congress Dissociates Itself From Sam…
“ The analogies drawn by Mr. Sam Pitroda in a podcast to illustrate India's diversity are most unfortunate and unacceptable. The Indian National Congress completely dissociates itself from these…
Jairam Ramesh,
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“ Mr. Sam Pitroda has decided to step down as Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress of his own accord. The Congress President has accepted his decision,
Jairam Ramesh,
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“ As far as the remark of Sam Pitroda is concerned, none of the leaders of the INDIA alliance support that...,
Sanjay Singh,
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“ There is another group which says our founding fathers fought against the British Raj not for a Hindu Rashtra, but for a secular nation. Pakistan decided to create a nation based on religion and see…
Sam Pitroda,
Unfortunate & Unacceptable': Congress Dissociates Itself From Sam…
“ It becomes clear again and again what does Sam Pitroda understands about India. It is clear that he is a failure. He doesn't understand the country,
Ravi Shankar Prasad,
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“ That's the India that I believe in, where everybody has a place and everybody compromises a little bit,
Sam Pitroda,
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“ I condemn Congress leader Sam Pitroida’s racist comment against the people of northeast,
N. Biren Singh,
‘Unacceptable’: Congress distances itself from Sam Pitroda’s racist…
“ In America, there is an inheritance tax. If one has 100 million USD worth of wealth and when he dies he can only transfer 45 per cent to his children, 55 per cent is grabbed by the government. That’s…
Sam Pitroda,
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“ Who said 55 per cent will be taken away? Who said something like this should be done in India? Why is BJP and media in panic? I mentioned US inheritance tax in the US only as an example in my normal…
Sam Pitroda,
Sam Pitroda’s Another FAUX PAS! Calls People in East Chinese, South…
“ We could hold together a country as diverse as India — where people on the East look like Chinese, people on the West look like Arabs, people on the North look like maybe Whites and people in South…
Sam Pitroda,
'Sickening To Call Fellow Indians Chinese And African...': BJP…
“ We could hold together a country as diverse as India -- where people on East look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like maybe White and people in South look like…
Sam Pitroda,
Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s ‘diverse India’ remarks stoke row:…