Indian Overseas Congress Chairman, Sam Pitroda, has sparked a controversy with his statement in which he said that people in the South India look like Africans, those in the East resemble Chinese, and those in the West resemble Arabs. The BJP has slammed Pitroda over his controversial remarks.

Assam Chief Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma slammed Pitroda for his controversial remarks and said he is from the North East and he looks like an Indian. He added that India is a diverse country where everyone may look different but everybody is one.  He advised the Congress leader to understand a little about India.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla also criticized Sam Pitroda and said that these were racist comments by a man who is the guru of Rahul Gandhi.  He said it is the words and thinking of Rahul Gandhi only because these days Rahul is also playing the politics of divide and rule to such an extent that first they divide on caste and language lines and now they are doing Indians Vs Indians.

Poonawalla further added that to make comments like Indians are like Chinese shows Pitroda’s racist mindset which is insulting to the very idea of India. The BJP spokesperson said such racist comments by the Congress leader show that Congress’ Mohabbat ki dukaan actually has Nafrat ka saaman. He said that unless Congress gives a complete explanation and sacks Sam Pitroda, such controversial remarks should be taken as the statement of the Congress.

BJPs Mandi Lok Sabha seat candidate Kangana Ranaut slammed the Congress leader for his racist remarks and said, Sam Pitroda is Rahul Gandhi’s mentor. She said everyone should listen to his racist & divisive jibes for Indians. She said Congress’s ideology is about divide & rule. She said it is sickening to call fellow Indians Chinese and African and the Congress should be ashamed of leaders like Sam Pitroda.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a rally in Telangana’s Karimnagar on Wednesday, asked Rahul Gandhi’s deals with businessmen Adani and Ambani and asked why he had stopped abusing them just before the beginning of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi also asked if Gandhi had received huge sums of money from Ambani and Adani as he had stopped attacking them suddenly.

The prime minister pointed out that Congress’s shehzada (prince), for the past five years, has been chanting as soon as he woke up in the morning. Ever since his Rafale issue got grounded, he started a new chant. For five years, he was chanting – 5 businessmen, 5 businessmen. Then he started saying Ambani, Adani, Ambani, Adani. But ever since elections have been announced, he has stopped abusing Ambani, Adani.

PM Modi said he wanted to ask from the land of Telangana that how much has the prince taken from Ambani, Adani this election. How many bags of black money has Rahul Gandhi got? He took a dig at the Congress leader and asked him if a tempo filled with notes reached for the Congress?

What deal has been made that Rahul Gandhi had stopped abusing Ambani-Adani overnight. For five years the Congress leader has been abusing Ambani, Adani and it has stopped overnight.   The prime minister said this means Rahul Gandhi must have got something. He said the Congress leader will have to answer to the people of the country on this.

 In his Telangana rally, the PM Modi said Gandhi has a habit of sparking controversies in election season and recounted how he had taken up the issue of alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The Prime Minister’s counter strike is significant because Gandhi has repeatedly accused the Modi government of favouring top industrialists. The Congress leader has also said that while the BJP government has made 22 Indians billionaires, the Congress aims to make crores of people lakhpati if it comes to power in the ongoing Lok sabha elections.

Laapataa Ladies actor Nitashi Goel, who played the charater of Phool in the film, was also noticed on the Met Gala red carpet. The 17-year-old actor was featured in an edited photo, which was posted by Aamir Khan Productions’ official X (formerly Twitter) handle.

Nitanshi, who portrayed a bride in Laapataa Ladies, was seen wearing the same outfit on the red carpet in the photoshopped image. She had a maroon shawl draped over her shoulders, a basic red sari on, and a matching bindi on her forehead. She wore a long veil as part of her saree pallu.

Sharing the image on social media, the production company captioned the image, their Phool is blossoming in the garden of time. They futher added, watch Laapataa Ladies on Netflix India. The internet prasises her Met Gala debut.

One user said, Phool in her timeless shaadi ka joda (Indian bridal attire). My favorite phool of the season, another said. A third user said, from Surajmukhi to Met Gala journey of Phool Kumari is the next big thing and added a smiling emojis, praising her character’s journey in the film.

In response to the image, Nitanshi wrote, Met Gala 2024.

In the film, Nitanshi portrayed Phool, a young newlywed who goes missing. She discussed her preparation for the job. Since this is a 2001 story and she was born in 2007, she watched a lot of Bhojpuri woman’s videos like Sui Dhaaga, Balika Badhu, and other stories to see how the women are there. She had never seen that time period before, so she wanted to experience it at the audition. She wanted people to sense from her body language that she is narrating those women’s stories. Nitanshi, thus practiced wearing a veil and observing their body language. She wanted a sari outfit, she added.

Meanwhile, Laapataa Ladies tells the story of two young brides who were separated while traveling by train and what transpires when police officer Ravi Kishan decides to look into the missing case. The film is currently streaming on Netflix.