RSS chief slams Chidambaram's 'saffron terror' remark

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Rao Bhagwat today slammed Home Minister P Chidambaram's "saffron terror" comment, saying it sends out "wrong message" to the world about India.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Rao Bhagwat on Tuesday slammed Home Minister P Chidambaram's "saffron terror" comment, saying it sends out "wrong message" to the world about India.

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"The word saffron terror doesn't exist for me. The Home Minister's comment on saffron terror is sending out a wrong message to the world like Pakistan being called a rogue state. Do you want India also to be called so," Bhagwat told reporters at the Indian Women's Press Corps in New Delhi.

On Aug 25, Chidamabram, while addressing a conference in Delhi of police chiefs from different states, said: "There is this recently uncovered phenomena of saffron terrorism that has been implicated in many bomb blasts of the past."