O presidente do Congresso Indiano Ultramarino, Sam Pitroda, gerou polêmica. Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress, Sam Pitroda, sparked controversy.

Sam Pitroda, presidente do Congresso Indiano Ultramarino, gerou controvérsia com as suas observações sobre a diversidade da Índia numa entrevista ao The Statesman. Sam Pitroda, the chairman of Indian Overseas Congress, has sparked controversy with his remarks on India's diversity in an interview with The Statesman. Pitroda comparou os indianos de diferentes partes do país aos chineses, árabes, brancos e africanos, afirmando que as pessoas no leste parecem chinesas, as pessoas no oeste parecem árabes, as pessoas no norte parecem brancas e as pessoas no sul parecem africanos. Pitroda compared Indians from different parts of the country to Chinese, Arabs, Whites, and Africans, stating that people in the east look like Chinese, people on the west look like Arabs, people on the north look like white, and people in the south look like Africans. Os comentários suscitaram críticas generalizadas e agravaram ainda mais as tensões políticas durante o período eleitoral em curso. The comments have drawn widespread criticism and further strained political tensions amid the ongoing election season.