PM Modi while addressing a public gathering in Warangal, Telangana on Wednesday slammed Congress over Sam Pitroda's racist comment.
PM Modi said, "My country will not tolerate the disrespect of my countrymen on the basis of their skin colour and Modi will never tolerate this...'Shehzade aapko jawaab dena padega'."
In a video being circulated online, Pitroda can be heard saying "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 Africa. It doesn't matter. We are all brothers and sisters."
Several other BJP members too shared their reactions to Pitroda's comment, which he made in an interview with the Statesman.
Amid the Lok Sabha elections, Congress quickly distanced itself from the comment.
This is not the first time Pitroda has courted controversy. His earlier remark on inheritance tax also drew BJP ire and the grand old party had at that time too distanced itself from the IOC chief's comments.
Published 08 May 2024, 08:05 IST