Baharampur (West Bengal): Congress West Bengal president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday defended Sam Pitroda's "racist" remarks, saying "there are dark skinned people like n****s in India too".
The senior Congress leader and party candidate from Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency echoed Pitroda, who had courted controversy by comparing people of South and East Indian origin to Africans and Chinese respectively.
Chaudhary said, “Our regional characteristics are different according to the geographical location of our country. I am our Hindustan, we have Proto-Australian class, N***o class, Mongoloid class. There is no need to speak much on personal opinion. Not there." Run the office here.
"This is what we are taught in schools. Not everyone looks the same. Some are black and some are white," the Congress leader said.
Pitroda had to resign from the post of President of India Overseas Congress due to the controversy that arose after his remarks in view of the ongoing general elections.
The senior Congress leader and party candidate from Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency echoed Pitroda, who had courted controversy by comparing people of South and East Indian origin to Africans and Chinese respectively.
Chaudhary said, “Our regional characteristics are different according to the geographical location of our country. I am our Hindustan, we have Proto-Australian class, N***o class, Mongoloid class. There is no need to speak much on personal opinion. Not there." Run the office here.
"This is what we are taught in schools. Not everyone looks the same. Some are black and some are white," the Congress leader said.
Pitroda had to resign from the post of President of India Overseas Congress due to the controversy that arose after his remarks in view of the ongoing general elections.
