'That's Why They Opposed Droupadi Murmu As President': PM Modi Continues Attack On Congress Over Pitroda's Racist Remarks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (10 May) attacked Congress over Sam Pitroda's racist remarks.

Addressing an election rally in Maharashtra's tribal-dominated Nandurbar district, PM Modi said, "You all know that the BJP and NDA made the tribal daughter the President. But you should remember who those people were who worked day and night to defeat the tribal daughter, Droupadi Murmu, in the presidential election. It was the Congress members who worked tirelessly day and night to prevent the tribal daughter from becoming the President".

Attacking Congress and Rahul Gandhi over Pitroda's racist remarks, PM Modi said that "Shehzada's one of the 'Gurus' living in America has made an extremely unfortunate and racist remark on Indians".

"Those having complexion like that of Lord Krishna are considered 'African' by the Congress. And that's why the Congress party didn't want to accept Droupadi Murmu Ji as the Honourable President of the country," he added.

Pitroda had made the racist remarks on Indians of different regions in an interview given to The Statesman.

"...People on East look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like, you know, maybe white and people in South look like Africa," he had said.

PM Modi had expressed "anger" over the remarks and sought response from Rahul Gandhi over his "philosopher's" statements.

After controversy over his remarks, Sam Pitroda "stepped down" as chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress.

In Nandurbar rally, PM Modi also said that Congress want to dilute reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs, by giving quotas to Muslims.

"As regards reservation, the situation in Congress is like 'CHOR MACHAAYE SHOR'! Providing reservation benefits on the basis of religion is something absolutely against the very values and principles enshrined in our Constitution. It is against what Baba Ambedkar had envisioned," PM Modi said.

"The Congress party, in the name of minority welfare, wants to grab reservation benefits from SCs, STs and OBCs for giving it to the Muslims," he added.

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