Congress condemns Culture Ministry’s proposal to ascertain ‘racial purity’ of Indians; Ministry denied the move

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday described the proposal of the Ministry of Culture to ascertain the purity of the alleged breed. India The ministry denied any such move, even one as “horrendous”. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi He said the country wants job security and economic prosperity and not racial purity.

“The last time a country had a culture ministry to study ‘racial purity’, it didn’t end well. India wants job security and economic prosperity, not ‘racial purity’, the prime minister,” Gandhi said in a statement. The tweet said, quoting a media report that the Ministry of Culture will study the racial purity of Indians. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also shared the article on Twitter and said that this is 1930s Germany.

“Nothing could be more horrifying than the Union Culture Ministry’s decision to acquire DNA profiling machines to establish genetic history and ‘detect the purity of breeds in India’. Genetic history is one thing, but racial purity? Germany of 1930s,” the former Union minister said in a tweet. However, the Culture Ministry termed the media report as “misleading and mischievous”, adding that its proposal was to establish genetic history or trace the purity of Indians. not related to.

“The article in the Morning Standard on May 28 studying the ‘racial purity’ of Indians – Ministry of Culture is misleading, mischievous and contrary to facts. This proposal is not related to establishment of genetic history and ‘determination of purity of breeds in India’ as mentioned in the article,” the ministry said on its official Twitter handle.

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