New Delhi [India], Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday attacked Indian Overseas Congress President SA Pitroda over his alleged 'racist' remarks about how people from the South "look like Africans and people from the East". Responding to Sam Pitroda's remarks, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "It becomes clear again and again what Sam Pitroda understands about India." He does not understand the country. He is an advisor to Rahul Gandhi. I can now understand why Rahul Gandhi talks nonsense. They neither understand India nor its heritage.BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also criticized Pitroda's statement, saying it was an example of why the Congress party is currently struggling. Describing Pitroda as Rahul Gandhi's professor, Naqvi said, "The Congress party is in such a situation because of such comments by this proxy professor of Pappu." State now. Today, due to such stupidity, Pappu is in despair. You can imagine if the professor is like that, how will that student be" Seeking clarification from the Congress party on Pitroda's remarks, BJ spokesperson CR Kesavan said the IOC president needs to be expelled from the party "Congress Party Will have to give an explanation.They need to take action and expel Sa Pitroda…Rahul Gandhi should come before the nation on behalf of Congress and tender an unconditional apology. Today each and every one of our 140 crore Indians has been humiliated and insulted. This clearly exposes the fanatical and divisive mentality of the Congress leadership…What kind of distorted and narrow mentality is this?…I reflect the diseased and divisive mentality of the Congress Party. Congress needs to give an explanation... First of all, they need to take action and throw Sam Pitroda out of the Congress party... On behalf of the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi should come before the country and tender an unconditional apology for this racist. Should ask. The fanatical mentality of the Congress party,'' he said BJP MP Kiren Rijiju also hit out at Pitroda, alleging that his remarks were going to create division within India.'South Indians look like Africans, all north-easterners look like Chinese, West Indians look like Arabs and North Indians are white,' says Rahul Gandhi's chief advisor. Rijiju wrote in a post on X, the tone and intent of this statement is to divide India... shameful! Earlier in the day, Indian Overseas Congress President Sam Pitroda had sparked controversy while speaking on India's diversity by saying how people in the South look like Africans and people in the East look like Arabs and people in the East look like Chinese . Reflecting on democracy in India, Pitroda said in an interview with 'The Statesman', "We have been alive for 75 years." In a very happy environment where people could leave aside the fights here and there and live together. We can put together a country as diverse as India, where people in the East look like Chinese, people in the West look like Arabs, people in the North look like whites and maybe people in the South look like Africans."