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Jairam Ramesh and Sam Pitroda
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Congress seems to be on the back foot over Sam Pitroda’s statement comparing Indians to Chinese-Africans. That’s why once Sam Pitroda’s statement came out, the party distanced itself from Pitroda’s statement. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote in a post shared on social media that “the analogies used by Sam Pitroda to describe India’s diversity are unfortunate and unacceptable. The Indian National Congress completely disagrees with these analogies and disavows them.
Leaders of the opposition alliance also distanced themselves from the statement
Shiv Sena’s UBT leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said on Pitroda’s statement, ‘I don’t agree with his statement, but is he a member of the manifesto committee? Is he a star congressional campaigner? Do they live in Israel? They live abroad. It’s a shame that their issue is becoming a national issue. On one side there are national issues and on the other side what Sam Pitroda said in America. We can’t do anything about it, and it’s not an issue either, and the country doesn’t want to respond to Pitroda’s statement either.
DMK leader TKS Elangovan said of Pitroda’s statement, “We are all together. There are many religions, cultures, languages ​​here, but we have never discriminated among the people of India. This is not our statement. We talk about equality in language and culture and believe that people living in every state in India are equal .Perhaps he (Pitroda) failed to explain his claim properly.AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that “no leader of the opposition alliance supports Sam Pitroda’s statement”.
