'Kalia Kumaraswamy': Congress' Zameer Ahmed's Racial Slur Against HDK Stokes Fresh Row

Bengaluru: Congress stoked a fresh controversy on Monday, vember 11, after its leer and minister Zameer Ahmed hurled racial slur against Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy by calling him “Kalia Kumaraswamy”. Congress minister Ahmed called HDK "Kalia" (dark skinned) while dressing a garing.

This is latest in series of racial slurs hurled by Congress leers. Ahmed's skin-colour based remarks has drawn wide criticism.

Who is Zameer Ahmed?

Zameer Ahmed is a member of CM Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka Cabinet. A 5-time MLA from Chamrajpet Constituency, he holds crucial Mirity affairs portofolio.

While speaking exclusively with Republic Media Network, activist Brinda ige demanded Ahmed's public apology for making remarks against Union Minister. She hoped party action against him.

Congress' Sam Pitroda's Racial Slur 

Earlier, Sam Pitroda, Indian Overseas Congress chief, triggered a massive political row by describing how people in South “look like Africans and those in East look like Arabs and those in East look like Chinese.” 

Pitroda landed Congress party in a soup in May with his choice of ethnic and racial identities like Chinese, Arabs, Whites and Africans to describe how Indians from different parts of country look like.

“We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live toger, leaving aside a few fights here and re. We could hold country as diverse as India toger. Where people in east look like Chinese, people in west look like Arabs, people in rth look like, maybe, white and people in south look like Africans”, visor to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi h insinuated during a podcast. 

“It does t matter. All of us are brors and sisters. We respect different langus, different religions, different customs, different food,” he furr said.

As his remarks went viral and triggered a political firestorm, Congress – swiftly, yet conveniently – distanced itself from his words while criticising those as "most unfortunate and unacceptable".