New Delhi: Causing yet another embarrassment to the BJP, Union Minister Giriraj Singh raked up a controversy with his “white skin” remark on Congress president Sonia Gandhi but “regretted” it a day later on Wednesday.
The statement, however, prompted the Congress party to seek an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demand the errant minister’s sacking.
At an event in Bihar on Tuesday, Singh, the Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) said: “If Rajiv Gandhi had married a Nigerian and if she wasn’t white skinned, would Congress accept her (Sonia Gandhi) as a leader?”
Just a day ahead of the BJP’s national executive meet, the remark triggered a volley of reactions from across the political spectrum as well as the Nigerian envoy in Delhi.
Left fuming over the remarks, Congress lashed out at the union minister, saying: “The Congress strongly deprecates and condemns the intemperate and distasteful remarks of the minister, bordering on insanity. (IANS)
