May ongress leader Sam Pitroda triggered another controversy on Wednesday with his "people of the east look like the Chinese and those of the south look like Africa" remarks, with the ruling BJP latching on to his "racist" comments and claiming that those have exposed the opposition part's "divisive" politics.
The Congress, however, distanced itself from Pitroda's remarks, describing those as unfortunate and unacceptable, and saying the party "completely dissociates" itself from the comments.
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