Sam Pitroda: Congress on Wednesday reappointed Sam Pitroda as the President of the Indian Overseas Congress. Party General Secretary KC Venugopal said in an official statement that Pitroda has been appointed with immediate effect. He said, 'Sam Pitroda has been appointed as the President of the Indian Overseas Congress with immediate effect. Pitroda resigned from his post in May this year.
Pitroda's controversial statement
Sam Pitroda, who is always in the headlines for his comments, said that in a diverse country like India, everyone lives together. Here, people from eastern India look like Chinese, people from western India look like Arabs and people from south India look like Africans. But despite this, we all live together.
Reflecting on democracy in India, he said in an interview that we have lived in a very happy environment for 75 years where people can live together except for some quarrels here and there. We can maintain our hold on the country. India is a diverse country where people from the east look like Chinese, people from the west look like Arabs, people from the north look like whites and maybe people from the south look like Africans.
BJP had created a ruckus over Pitroda's comment in the midst of Lok Sabha elections. The ruling BJP has attacked the Congress party. However, the party has distanced itself from Pitroda's comment. After this, Jairam Ramesh said that the comparison made by Sam Pitroda is extremely unfortunate and unacceptable.