Tarun Vijay Racist Comments

Last year, an exhibition on Black History Month at University College London, which likes to claim Gandhi as an alumnus, included the Mahatma in its list of illustrious black students. Nothing sinister was intended: Gandhi was being celebrated as a distinguished black former student. One wonders what Gandhi himself would have made of the honour.

Former BJP parliamentarian Tarun Vijay's racist comments on South Indians, for which he apologized on Friday, provoked outrage in parliament today and led to multiple disruptions with the opposition demanding that the government clarify whether it agreed with the outrageous views of its leader.

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."

Last year, an exhibition on Black History Month at University College London, which likes to claim Gandhi as an alumnus, included the Mahatma in its list of illustrious black students. Nothing sinister was intended: Gandhi was being celebrated as a distinguished black former student. One wonders what Gandhi himself would have made of the honour.

Former BJP parliamentarian Tarun Vijay's racist comments on South Indians, for which he apologized on Friday, provoked outrage in parliament today and led to multiple disruptions with the opposition demanding that the government clarify whether it agreed with the outrageous views of its leader.

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."