The Bhartiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh have taken strong exception to the statement made by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shide at the Chintan Shivir in Jaipur.
Shinde said that the BJP and the RSS were running terror camps to spread Hindu terrorism. He later calrified saying that he had meant "saffron terrorism".
"The statement by the home minister in Jaipur will have serious repercussions. Sonia Gandhi, who heads the Congress, and Shinde must tender unqualified apology to people of India," BJP spokesperson Mukhtar told
rediff.com.
He called the Congress a bunch of cowards. He alleged that the party was trying to give
a clean chit to terrorist groups operating from Pakistani soil, the real perpetrators of subversive activities in India and passing the blame on patriotic organisations like the RSS and BJP.