New Delhi: Tarun Vijay of the BJP has apologised after remarks that suggested Indians cannot be considered racist because they are accepting of South Indians. Mr Vijay then tweeted to say that his choice of words "sounds ridiculous and was very bad."
He clarified that what he meant to say when he appeared on TV channel Al Jazeera, was that, "In may (sic) parts of the nation we have different people, in colour and never ever we had any discrimination against them."
"I meant, we worship Krishna, which literally means black. and we have never had any racism.," the politician tweeted.
He tweeted an apology saying, "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."
In attacks last week that were caught on camera, four Nigerians were assaulted by a large group of people who were protesting against the death of a schoolboy of a suspected drug overdose and a Nigerian student was beaten inside a mall by a mob. The Greater Noida residents alleged that African students who live in the area supplied the teen with drugs.
In parliament Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said that the attacks were "criminal acts" and cannot be called racial. "Before the inquiry is completed, please don't say it is driven by racial discrimination," she said, while speaking in the Lok Sabha, where some opposition leaders demanded to know the government's response to allegations of "racial attacks" on Africans in Greater Noida.
He clarified that what he meant to say when he appeared on TV channel Al Jazeera, was that, "In may (sic) parts of the nation we have different people, in colour and never ever we had any discrimination against them."
"I meant, we worship Krishna, which literally means black. and we have never had any racism.," the politician tweeted.
He tweeted an apology saying, "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."
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In attacks last week that were caught on camera, four Nigerians were assaulted by a large group of people who were protesting against the death of a schoolboy of a suspected drug overdose and a Nigerian student was beaten inside a mall by a mob. The Greater Noida residents alleged that African students who live in the area supplied the teen with drugs.
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In parliament Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said that the attacks were "criminal acts" and cannot be called racial. "Before the inquiry is completed, please don't say it is driven by racial discrimination," she said, while speaking in the Lok Sabha, where some opposition leaders demanded to know the government's response to allegations of "racial attacks" on Africans in Greater Noida.
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