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BJP distances itself from RSS' views on minorities

BJP on Tuesday sought to distance itself from views expressed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh regarding minorities saying the party 'did not discriminate against anyone on the basis of caste, religion or creed'.

"RSS chief K S Sudarshan has made an appeal and it is up to the minorities to consider it, debate it, accept it or reject it. I don't understand why the Left parties and others should rush in with their caustic comments," party vice president Jana Krishnamurthy told reporters in New Delhi.

He said the RSS chief has only placed his organisation's viewpoint and it was up to the minorities to respond to it adding 'it should be recalled that their forefathers were Hindus'.

Krishnamurthy said as far as BJP was concerned 'we take persons who subscribe to our ideology and above 18 years of age. They are free to practice the religion of their choice'.

He said the party did not differentiate on the basis of religion as people irrespective of their religion were part and parcel of society.

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