New Delhi:
Congress is distanced from senior leader Sam Pitroda’s statement that “China is not our enemy” amid a massive BJP backlash. Congressman Jairam Ramesh, who is also the party’s representative, said in a post by X that Pitroda’s views did not reflect the party’s position. “The views reported by Shri Sam Pitroda on China are certainly not the views of the Indian National Congress. China remains our biggest foreign policy, external security and economic challenge,” he said. I’ve read the post.
Pitroda, whose frequent outing comments continue to get caught up in the controversy, said in a recent interview that India needs to change its way of thinking.
“I think we need to change that pattern to assume China is the enemy from day one. It’s not just for China, but for anyone… I don’t know what the threat is from China. I wonder what this is: The US has the habit of defining its enemy, so it is often blown away disproportionately,” he said in an interview with news agency IANS.
For more than a month last year, Pitroda has faced a massive controversy over his previous comments on diversity in the country that saw the diversity of the country that held him in office (the chairman of the overseas Indian Parliament). Masu. The comments sparked allegations of racism and colonial thinking.
He revived in June after explaining the context of his remarks and claiming that the BJP had maliciously misunderstood it. At the time, Jailam Ramesh said that Pitroda gave him a “guarantee” that he would not leave any controversy in the future. Pitroda voicedly contradicted it by saying it was Ramesh’s personal opinion.
This time, Pitroda’s remarks fly in the face of Rahul Gandhi’s claim in Congress that India has lost some of its territory to China.
Today, the BJP calls Pitroda’s remarks a “very deep blow to India’s identity, diplomacy and sovereignty.”
BJP spokesman Pradeep Bhandari pointed out that Pitroda is a close aide to Rahul Gandhi and has accused Congress of putting China’s interests ahead of India.
“Rahul Gandhi’s right arm Sam Pitroda: “China is not our enemy”! This man sings China’s endless admiration, revealing the cozy betrayal of Indian interests and Chinese prioritization while the Congress party signed Mu in 2008! We can maintain the interests of China and Pakistan better than ours,” he said.
