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RSS leader who offered Rs 1 cr bounty on Kerala CM’s head removed from all posts

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday removed Kundan Chandrawat from all posts after the leader from Ujjain announced a reward of Rs 1 crore on the head of Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Updated on: Mar 3, 2017, 22:34:25 IST
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The RSS on Friday removed one of its leaders from Madhya Pradesh Kundan Chandrawat from all organisational posts for offering a reward of Rs 1 crore for beheading Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

RSS leader Kundan Chandrawat from Ujjain had announced a reward of Rs 1 crore on the head of Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan (in photo). (PTI File)
RSS leader Kundan Chandrawat from Ujjain had announced a reward of Rs 1 crore on the head of Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan (in photo). (PTI File)

“Kundan who made controversial statement at Ujjain protest mtg has been relieved of his responsibility in RSS: Dr MM Vaidya (sic),” read the post.

In an accompanying letter, issued by the right-wing organisation’s Indore Prant Prachar Pramukh Praveen Kabra said the action was taken as Chandrawat’s statement at a dharna of Janadhikar Samiti in Ujjain on Wednesday created “confusion about the organisation.”

 
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