BJP leader Tarun Vijay triggers controversy with racist remark, apologises

Participating in a debate on Al Jazeera TV over the issue of attack on Nigerian nationals in Greater Noida area recently, Vijay triggered a controversy with his statement where he said Indian should not considered as racist as they are living with South Indian people who are 'black'.

He was quoted as saying in the debate: "If we were racist, why would we have the entire south (India)? Why do we live with them? We have blacks, black people around us."

He later apologised for his statement.

He admitted that his choice of words were wrong.

"I said we worship Krishna, which literally em,ans black, we were the first to oppose any racism and were in fact victims of racist British," he said.

The leader said :"Yes, it sounds ridiculous and very bad. I meant, we worship Krishna, which literally means black. and we have never had any racism."

Vijay apologised for his remark and said: "My words perhaps were not enough to convey this.Feel bad,really feel sorry, my apologies to those who feel i said different than what I meant."

He said: "I feel the entire statement sas this- we have fought racism and we have people with different colour and culture still never had any racism."

Image: Tarun Vijay Twitter page