Summary:
Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, October 20The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has washed its hands of the statement of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat after he termed all Indians Hindus. State BJP president Shwait Malik categorically stated that the BJP and the RSS were separate organisations. He refused to comment on the controversial statement given by the head of a different organisation. A large number of Sikh masses here and abroad are offended with the statement of the RSS chief. Bhagwat’s statement elicited strong reaction from Akal Takht officiating Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and SGPC chief Gobind Singh Longowal..