Rijiju slams Karnataka Congress minister for 'racist remark' against Kumaraswamy

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju

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New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday slammed Congress minister in Karnataka Zameer Ahmed for purportedly making a "racist remark" targeting former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.

Ahmed stoked a controversy by purportedly calling Union Minister Kumaraswamy "Kalia Kumaraswamy".

"I strongly deplore Congress Minister Zameer Ahmed calling Union Minister & Ex CM of Karnataka Sh. Kumaraswamy as 'Kaalia Kumaraswamy'," Rijiju said.

"This is a racist remark, same as Rahul Gandhi's adviser calling South Indians look like Africans, North East as Chinese, North Indians as Arabs," he said in a post on X.