A day after Congress' Sam Pitroda stirred controversy in the country by making statements on India's diversity, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday demanded that Congress should apologise to the country.
"BSP chief Mayawati, you are ideal for the entire Bahujan Samaj, crores of countrymen worship you. It is because of your (Mayawati) struggles that today our society has such political strength, due to which the Bahujan community has learned to live with respect. You are our universally ac
"The Congress party has shown its true colour in the form of Mr Sam Pitroda, who is the ideologue of the policies of the Congress party. Never too late, but in time they have shown the divisive policies to divide the country by its racist remarks. Mr Sam has to seek an apology from the count
"The Congress mindset and thinking believes that India is a land of invaders and we are descendants of invaders. And this is why his remark is a sexist, crass and abusive thing. The connotation is that we are descendants of these people, not 'Bharatiya'," said Annamalai.
"The mindset of Congress is such that they see India in pieces. That is why Congress is filled with 'tukde-tukde' gang," Ranaut who is BJP's candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi said on Wednesday.
"Mr Sam Pitroda has decided to step down as Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress of his own accord. The Congress President has accepted his decision," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on X.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday launched a scathing attack against the centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that if the poor have mortgaged their gold ever, it's the most under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule, due to inflation and their personal issues.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took a dig at the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday and said that parties have conceded defeat in half the battle since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reached halfway towards achieving the goal of 'Abki Baar, 400 Paar.'
While addressing a public meeting in Hardoi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah attacked Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and said, "It the INDIA bloc comes to power after the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, it will put a 'Babri' lock at the Ram temple in Ayodhya."
Sam Pitroda, whose remarks "people of the east look like the Chinese and those of the south look like Africans" caused a major political furore in election season and embarrassed the Congress, resigned as Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress on Wednesday.
Rijiju said that the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, Sam Pitroda, has categorized Indians based on different looks, which could lead to a split in thinking regarding unity and integrity.
Rebutting the remarks made by Congress leader Sam Pitroda on the diversity of India, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman took a jibe at him and said that she is from South India and she looks Indian.