Sam Pitroda reappointed chairman of Indian Overseas Congress
The AICC release said that the Congress President has reappointed Sam Pitroda to the position with immediate effect
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday reappointed Sam Pitroda as the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, weeks after he resigned from the post following a controversy in the middle of the Lok Sabha election.
Sam Pitroda quits Congress post after his racial analogy triggers storm
Mr. Pitroda, a close aide of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, had courted controversy during a podcast when he cited ethnic and racial identities like Chinese, Africans, Arabs and Whites to describe the physical appearance of Indians from different parts of the country.
The Bharatiya Janata Party had termed Mr. Pitroda’s controversial remarks as “racist”, prompting the Congress leadership to gently nudge him to step down.
Sam Pitroda says Congress’s ‘redistribution of wealth in interest of people’; advocates inheritance tax in India
Before this controversy, Mr. Pitroda’s reference to inheritance tax in the United States while discussing the Congress’ Lok Sabha poll manifesto had given the BJP a chance to accuse the Congress of eyeing to ‘snatch’ people’s assets as part of its ‘redistribution of wealth’ policy.
Following this, Mr. Pitroda had resigned from the post on May 8 and his resignation was accepted by Mr. Kharge.
“Congress president has reappointed Sam Pitroda as chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress with immediate effect,” AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal said in a statement on Wednesday.
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