Sam Pitroda Returns As Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress, BJP Says ‘Tormentor of Middle Class Is Back’

Congress on Wednesday re-appointment Sam Pitroda as the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress with immediate effect. Pitroda resigned in May this year after he came under the scanner over his statements in which he advocated implementing inheritance tax law in India and referring to how people in South India “look like Africans and those in the West look like Arabs and those in the East look like Chinese.”

Reacting to the re-appointment of Pitroda, the BJP attacked the grand old party, saying, “The tormentor of the middle class is back.”

Taking to X, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya wrote, “The tormentor of middle class is back…Congress hoodwinks India, brings back Sam Pitroda soon after elections.”

Why Sam Pitroda Resigned?

Just few days ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Sam Pitroda announced his decision to step down as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress over the controversy that erupted following his racist remark. The controversy intensified after Pitroda unleashed a racist rant on India’s ethnicity.

“We could hold together a country as diverse as India — where people on the East look like Chinese, people on the West look like Arabs, people on the North look like maybe Whites and people in South India look like Africans. It doesn’t matter. We are all brothers and sisters,” Pitroda had said.

Following Pitroda’s comments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Congress’ “divisive” mindset and said that the party wants to break the nation into pieces. “Congress has, time and again, proved that it is against India, and against people of India,” he said.