Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for State
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 20
Union Minister for State and Bihar leader Giriraj Singh today regretted in Lok Sabha his racist remarks on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her husband Rajiv Gandhi, a former Prime Minister.
Singh, Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), had made derogatory comments against the two prompting the Congress to create uproar in the Lok Sabha as the second leg of the Budget session commenced after a three-week break today.
“If my comments have caused offence to anyone, I regret,” Singh said.
The Opposition had earlier demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s apology and minister’s resignation.
Giriraj Singh has been widely condemned for saying earlier this month: “If Rajiv Gandhi had married a Nigerian woman and not a white-skinned woman, then would the Congress have accepted her leadership?”
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