A racial remark about Indians made by Sam Pitroda in a podcast sparked nationwide outrage on Wednesday, the Congress dissociated from his comment and Pitroda had to resign as chairman of Indian Overseas Congress. A “political guru” of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Pitroda, sitting in the US, was discussing Indian current affairs on a podcast, when he veered from his path and commented: “We could hold together a country as diverse as India, where people in east look like Chinese, people in west look like Arabs, people in north look like maybe white and people in south look like Africans…it doesn’t matter. We are all brothers and sisters. The idea of India that is rooted in democracy, freedom, liberty, fraternity is being challenged by Ram temple, Ram Navami and the Prime Minister going to temple all the time and talking not as a national leader, but talking as a leader of BJP.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first to hit out at Pitroda. OPINION | PITRODA’S RACIST REMARK WILL CONTINUE TO HAUNT CONGRESS IN POLLS
A racial remark about Indians made by Sam Pitroda in a podcast sparked nationwide outrage on Wednesday, the Congress dissociated from his comment and Pitroda had to resign as chairman of Indian Overseas Congress. A “political guru” of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Pitroda, sitting in the US, was discussing Indian current affairs on a podcast, when he veered from his path and commented: “We could hold together a country as diverse as India, where people in east look like Chinese, people in west look like Arabs, people in north look like maybe white and people in south look like Africans…it doesn’t matter. We are all brothers and sisters. The idea of India that is rooted in democracy, freedom, liberty, fraternity is being challenged by Ram temple, Ram Navami and the Prime Minister going to temple all the time and talking not as a national leader, but talking as a leader of BJP.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first to hit out at Pitroda. 
