The Congress party on Wednesday (June 26) re-appointed Sam Pitroda as the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress with immediate effect.
A notification to the effect was issues by the Congress party and the letter was signed by KC Venugopal, General Secretary and in-charge of organisation, AICC.
Sam Pitroda had resigned on May 8 as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress after controversy broke out regarding his racist remarks on the skin colour of Indians. The Congress party had disassociated itself with Pitroda's comment.
Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh then took to social media platform X and informed about Pitroda's decision to step down. "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," the post mentioned.
Pitroda's Comment Had Caused An Uproar
Pitroda, in an interview with 'The Statesman' newspaper, trying to draw an analogy to explain India's democracy, ended up saying, "We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, leaving aside a few fights here and there. We could hold a country together 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."
The remarks were followed by a massive political backclash. After the BJP went all out against the comments made by Pitroda, the Congress party had to disassociate itself from the comment and Pitroda tendered his resignation from the post, Congress had announced.
