Katrina Kaif calls Rahul Gandhi half-Indian

The Congress on Tuesday reacted with contempt to Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif’s reported remarks describing Rahul Gandhi as half-Indian and half-Italian.

“Who is she? I do not know. Tomorrow, you will ask for our reaction on the statement of Johny Lever. To what level you want to bring down the level of the political discourse in the country?” party spokesperson Manish Tewari said when asked for his comments on Kaif’s remarks.

In an interview to a newspaper, the actress had reportedly said: “Am I supposed to be  ashamed that I am half-Asian, I mean, no! Rahul Gandhi is half-Indian, half-Italian.

So? I am very proud of what I am and I just don’t understand the confusion … as if I’m trying to hide the fact that my mother is a British. Why would I?”

The report also had it that the actress, who’s constantly quizzed about having the surname Turquotte on her passport, said: “I am not the only half-Asian half-British person alive on this planet! My passport’s copies are with every news channel in this country … don’t ask me how they got them. Everyone has my name, which is my mother’s name, on the passport.”

Kaif had acted in noted film director Prakash Jha’s film Rajneeti in which her reported similarities of accent with that of Congress president Sonia Gandhi had led to controversies initially.

Tewari, however, clarified his remarks on Johny Lever saying it was everyone’s responsibility to maintain the dignity of political discourse when asked whether he considers the job of a film comedian as an insignificant one.