Kohima (Nagaland) [India], May 9 (HBTV): After Congress leader Sam Pitroda's 'racist' remarks that triggered a row, Nagaland Tourism Minister Temjen Imna Along said the Congress has shown its true colors and Pitroda should apologize to the people of the country.  

"The Congress party has shown its true color in the form of Mr Sam Pitroda, who is the ideologue of the policies of the Congress party. Never too late, but in time they have shown the divisive policies to divide the country by its racist remarks. Mr Sam has to seek an apology from the countrymen," Along said speaking to ANI on Wednesday.  

"We the north-eastern people do not look like Chinese. We are all Indians. Some are Nagas, some are Mizos, Manipuris, from Arunachal, Sikkim, some are Assamese, from Tripura, some are Garos, Khasis, and Jaintias, but all of us belong to this country, India. His racist remark should be condemned by one and all. The people of the nation should see in this man's remarks; that is racist, and communal, its intention to divide India and should put them in place," the Nagaland minister said.  

"After remarking South Indians as Africans, West Indians as Arabs and the northerners as whites and the people of the North East as Chinese, this is the lowest that Mr Sam Pitroda and the Congress party can go to," Along said.

The Nagaland Minister said that at a time when the nation is striving to be one of the most developed nations globally, Pitroda's comments come as a "distortion".  

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.