A day after being reinstated as the chief of the Indian Overseas Congress, Sam Pitroda on Thursday reacted to Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh’s claim that the former had assured the leadership that he would not leave any room for controversies, saying it was not the party’s view. Sam Pitroda(PTI file photo) Sam Pitroda – …
5 min read Last Updated : Jun 27 2024 | 11:36 AM IST The Congress has reappointed Sam Pitroda as the chairperson of its overseas unit, less than two months after he resigned following his contentious remarks on India’s diversity. The reinstatement, announced by Congress General Secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal, marks a significant …
Sam Pitroda today said he could perhaps have put his views in different words. Sam Pitroda, the Congress’s overseas unit chief, is back in his post — with an apparent caveat. The party’s communication in-charge Jairam Ramesh said Mr Pitroda had “given an assurance” that he would, in future, leave no room for controversy. Asked …
The Congress has re-appointed Sam Pitroda as chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, month after he resigned following controversial remarks on race and ethnicity. Sam Pitroda re-appointed as chairman of Indian Overseas Congress after resignation over controversial remarks. Pitroda’s comments had prompted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to label the Congress party as “racist” during …
New Delhi: Congress’s Sam Pitroda — who stepped down from the post of its overseas unit chief in the run-up to the general election — is back in the saddle again. That he would be reinstated, was said by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview to NDTV. “I sometimes think the party (the Congress), …
Mr Pitroda had asked whether Ram Mandir was the real issue, or unemployment and inflation. New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda over his statement on the Ram Mandir, Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi on Wednesday said that Lord Ram was only an “imaginary character” for people like him, As the …
Sam Pitroda, the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress said it bothers him that the Ram Temple and the lighting of lamps are national issues in today’s politics in the country. The comment comes days ahead of the grand opening of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 for which massive preparations are going …