Sam Pitroda on Wednesday resigned as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, party leader Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.
"Mr. 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," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said.
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.
"Where people in the east look like the Chinese, people in the west look like the Arabs, people in the north look like, maybe, white and people in the south look like Africans. It does not matter. All of us are brothers and sisters. We respect different languages, different religions, different customs, different food, Pitroda said in the interview that was widely circulated on social media.
