06-29-2009, 08:43 PM
How can a CM make racist remarks, asks BJP
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Congress party is facing serious flak for Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla's reported remarks about he being a victim of racism himself in India, during a conference in Singapore on June 25.
Addressing a networking session on the 'business of water in India', Thanhawla touched upon the issue of identity crisis among Indians with regard to northeastern states and said: "<b>Even after landing here, many people ask me: 'You do not look like an Indian!' Even in my own country, wherever I go to, Delhi [ Images ] or down south, while I say 'I am from Mizoram,' (I am asked) where is Mizoram? I tell them that this is in their own country. And, I ask many people, who claim themselves to be national leaders: 'Why do you not accept that our great country is populated by at least three major races of the world?'</b>"
The chief minister's remarks have evoked strong reactions from the Opposition. Bharatiya Janata Party [ Images ] leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has demanded that the Centre come clean on Thanhawla's statement. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Gee, does Sonia madam get same questions as this Thanahawla?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Congress party is facing serious flak for Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla's reported remarks about he being a victim of racism himself in India, during a conference in Singapore on June 25.
Addressing a networking session on the 'business of water in India', Thanhawla touched upon the issue of identity crisis among Indians with regard to northeastern states and said: "<b>Even after landing here, many people ask me: 'You do not look like an Indian!' Even in my own country, wherever I go to, Delhi [ Images ] or down south, while I say 'I am from Mizoram,' (I am asked) where is Mizoram? I tell them that this is in their own country. And, I ask many people, who claim themselves to be national leaders: 'Why do you not accept that our great country is populated by at least three major races of the world?'</b>"
The chief minister's remarks have evoked strong reactions from the Opposition. Bharatiya Janata Party [ Images ] leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has demanded that the Centre come clean on Thanhawla's statement. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Gee, does Sonia madam get same questions as this Thanahawla?