BJP minister comments on Sonia's skin colour
"If Rajiv Gandhi had married a Nigerian lady and not a white-skinned woman, then would the Congress have accepted her leadership?" he said at a programme on Tuesday.
Singh, who in the past made several other controversial remarks, however, said he was only chatting informally after a press conference.
The Congress said Singh's remarks reflected the "lack of moral fibre" in the BJP.
"The Congress strongly deprecates and condemns the intemperate and distasteful remarks of Giriraj Singh bordering on insanity," party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said.
A BJP MP from Bihar's Nawada constituency, Singh made it to the Narendra Modi's council of ministers in November. He is a former Bihar minister in the cabinet of Nitish Kumar. He was among the eleven BJP ministers who were dismissed by Nitish Kumar as a result of breaking of JDU-BJP alliance.
"He is a serial offender. The PM has a duty to publicly correct this situation. What is the PM's Mann ki Baat on this? His silence reflects connivance and encouragement," said CPM leader Brinda Karat.
"It is shocking. The PM can't be expected to comment on each and everything but I am sure this is a matter of concern for the party," former IPS officer and BJP leader Kiran Bedi said.,
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