The organization also questioned the silence of prominent Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Robert Vadra and other INDIA bloc leaders, asking whether their silence implies tacit approval.
Pitroda stated that he countered the "Vishwaguru" narrative to caution against overconfidence in image over substance.
A couple of BJP spokespersons took umbrage at Pitroda's remarks and termed it a "grave insult to the country’s Armed Forces and to the countrymen."
Pitroda, a Gandhi family loyalist, also called upon government to prioritize India's neighbourhood in its foreign policy.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai launched a scathing attack on the Congress party on Tuesday, accusing it of aligning with "separatists and enemies of India" following controversial remarks by Sam Pitroda, the party’s Overseas Congress chief, on India-China relations.
Amid criticism from the ruling BJP, the Congress on Wednesday distanced itself from its Indian Overseas chairman Sam Pitroda’s racist remarks and termed it unfortunate and unacceptable.
During his election campaign in Telangana, Modi alleged that Congress leaders stopped Adani-Ambani rant after secret deals with the business tycoons.
Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress in conversation with Santu Das of The Statesman, about Congress prospects in the Lok Sabha elections, political situation in the country and Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, among other issues.
The Congress also said that in a democracy, any individual can express his personal views.
The RJD blackout is quite different to the selective bans imposed by other opposition parties.
