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  India   All India  31 Dec 2016  Pakistan calls RSS terror outfit, govt seethes

Pakistan calls RSS terror outfit, govt seethes

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Published : Dec 31, 2016, 2:00 am IST
Updated : Dec 31, 2016, 3:25 am IST

The Pakistan foreign ministry had first described the RSS and Shiv Sena as “Hindu extremist and terrorist organisations” on December 15.

RSS volunteers at ‘Hindu Samagam’, in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: PTI/File)
 RSS volunteers at ‘Hindu Samagam’, in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: PTI/File)

New Delhi: India on Friday slammed Pakistan for labelling certain Indian political parties and social organisations, including the RSS — the ruling BJP’s ideological mentor — as terrorist outfits, calling it a “desperate attempt” at deflecting international focus from Islamabad’s complicity in “spawning” terrorist groups like LeT, JuD and JeM. In response to a query on the Pakistan foreign ministry’s “recent comments on Jammu & Kashmir and slander against Indian organisations”, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said, “Labelling bonafide Indian political parties and social and cultural organisations as terrorist organisations seems a desperate attempt to deflect international focus from Pakistan’s own complicity in spawning internationally proscribed organisations like LeT, JuD and JeM, which continue to target Pakistan’s neighbours.” The Pakistan foreign ministry had first described the RSS and Shiv Sena as “Hindu extremist and terrorist organisations” on December 15.

According to reports, the official spokesperson of the Pakistan foreign ministry had on Thursday alleged that “terrorist organisations such as RSS, VHP, Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal and other terrorist elements” are engaged in a drive to change the demography of Kashmir.

Tags: rss, terrorist, pakistan foreign ministry, bajrang dal
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