Sam Pitroda

In the clip, the old 'star pracharak' and BJP's lucky charm Mani Shankar Aiyar is seen saying that India must respect Pakistan because 'unki bhi izzat hai'. Thanks for the news Mr Aiyer, we were not aware that Pakistan has any izzat.

Robert Vadra rubbished Sam Pitroda's 'racist' remark and expressed surprise at how such an educated person could make these types of comments

The resignation comes after Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, popularly known as Sam Pirtoda, claimed that Indians native to the Eastern side of the country resemble Chinese people, those living in the West appear middle eastern while North Indians look like ‘white people’ and the ones in the South are similar in appearance to the people of ‘Africa’.

PM Modi pressed, "...'Shehzade aapko jawaab dena padega'. (Prince of Congress party you will have to answer for this.) My country will not tolerate the disrespect  of my countrymen on the basis of their skin colour and Modi will never tolerate this..."

Sam Pitroda claimed that Indians used to coexist in harmony and peace for many years before the BJP came to power.

P Chidambaram had suggested imposing an Inheritance Tax through his articles as recently as March 2023. The UPA government was also mulling about the idea during their tenure.

Congress party's stance on inheritance tax, coupled with its longstanding support of Muslim personal laws, which govern inheritance-related matters among Muslims, it does appear that Congress is eyeing inherited properties of only Hindus.

PM Modi hit back at the Inheritance tax plan suggested by Sam Pitorda and charged the Congress party with over-burdening the taxpayers and rampant loot.

Jairam Ramesh posted his statement on X and said that Sam Pitroda's comments are his personal views and should not be considered as INC's views.

“So these are the kind of issues people will have to debate and discuss. I don't know what the conclusion would be at the end of the day but when we talk about redistributing wealth, we are talking about new policies and new programs that are in the interest of the people and not in the interest of super-rich only,” he added.