'South Indians look like Africans ...': Sam Pitroda's racist remark stirs controversy | India News - Times of India

Source: The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sam Pitroda on Wednesday courted another controversy as he compared Indians from different parts of the nation to Chinese, Arabs, Whites and Africans while talking about diversity.

"We are a shining example of democracy in the world...we could hold country together as diverse as India where people in East look like Chinese, people in West look like Arab, people in North look like maybe white and people in South look like Africa.Doesn't matter, we are all brothers and sisters," said the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress.

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