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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday sought to compare the RSS with the Islamic State (IS) while saying he equally opposes both organisations.
“We oppose ISIS with equal might as we oppose the RSS,” Azad said while addressing a meeting of religious minorities and opposition parties held under the aegis of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind.
Religion should not be an issue, he said adding: “Even from among us if someone does any wrong thing, then he is also no less than the RSS.”
Furious over the remarks, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded Congress president Sonia Gandhi to tender an apology and take action against Azad.
“These only reflect Congress frustration. They are still unable to stomach the defeat of 2014. We demand from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that she should initiate action against Azad and tender an apology to the people of this country,” BJP leader Shrikant Sharma told media
Another BJP spokesman Nalin Kohli also slammed the Congress leader for his statement and said “is he (Azad) forgetting all the social services RSS do during natural calamities”.
The RSS also reacted saying such remarks only show “intellectual bankruptcy” of the Congress party.
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh on Saturday slammed Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad for drawing a parallel between the RSS and terror outfit Islamic State (IS), saying it showed the “ideological bankruptcy of Congress”.
Addressing mediapersons in Rajasthan, J. Nandakumar, the RSS Akhil Bharatiya Saha Prachar Pramukh, said: “The statement of Ghulam Nabi Azad comparing RSS with ISIS shows the ideological bankruptcy of Congress as well as Ghulam Nabi Azad to deal with the terrorist outfits like ISIS.”
“It is a sort of unwillingness of Congress to deal with extremist elements like ISIS and other terrorist organisations and to face the challenges raised by them,” he added during the ongoing Akhil Bharathiya Prathinidhi Sabha (ABPS 2016) in Rajasthan’s Nagaur city.