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Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath blamed the Congress for the 1947 partition and accused them of consistently dividing the nation along caste, regional, and linguistic lines in response to Sam Pitroda`s controversial remarks about people`s appearances in different parts of India.Expanding his remarks, he suggested that the Congress party should apologise to the country for what Sam Pitroda said. It shows the dangerous mindset of the Congress party, he added.“Congress is responsible for the partition in 1947, it is responsible for the horrors of partition. Even after the independence, it has committed the sin of dividing the country in the name of caste, region, and language. Sam Pitroda`s remark is highly condemnable. Congress party should apologise to the country for the things it is making Sam Pitroda say...This shows the dangerous mindset of Congress. It is highly condemnable”, said Yogi Adityanath.  

Sam Pitroda has quit as the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress amid a huge political row over his controversial racist remarks. The decision has been accepted by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. The announcement about Mr Pitroda came in a terse post on X from the party`s communications-in-charge Jairam Ramesh.  For the unversed, Sam Pitroda, in a podcast while describing the diversity of India, had said that the “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.” This remark by Sam Pitroda created a controversial storm all over social media. Big politicians have been bashing Pitroda over his racist remark. PM Modi also slammed Pitroda over his  racist slur. Other BJP leaders also came forward to bash Pitroda. Several big politicians from Northeast also called out Sam Pitroda on his racist slur. Watch video.