RSS leader suggests legal action against ex-chief Sudarshan-PTI, Nov 13, 2010,

RSS leader suggests legal action against ex-chief Sudarshan

PTI, Nov 13, 2010, 09.00pm IST

(I THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD PRECEDENT,BUT THIS TOPIC NEED TO BE CLOSED OR IGNORED WITH THE PROMISE THAT IT WON'T GET REPEATED!!!...VIBHA)

NEW DELHI: A day after RSS expressed regret over its former chief K Sudarshan's derogatory remarks against Sonia Gandhi, one of its leaders went a step further on Saturday asking the Congress Chief to file a defamation suit against him.

The suggestion by a former RSS spokesman M G alias Baburao Vaidya for a legal action came even as protests against Sudarshan continued in parts of the country, notably in Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkand.

Fresh demands for an apology by Sudarshan were also made by several leaders including RJD supremo Lalu Yadav and Union Ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and V Narayanaswamy. There were also calls for a ban on the Sangh Parivar founthead.

With protests against the remarks continuing, the BJP asked the Congress to ask its cadres to stop attacking the offices of RSS.

"Sonia Gandhi should not take the derogatory remarks against her lightly but initiate legal action, be it criminal defamation or civil defamation," Vaidya told.

Since the serious charges are not against Congress party as such or UPA government, but against the individual (Gandhi), she should knock the doors of court of law, Vaidya said.

The street demonstrations and burning of effigy of Sudarshan will not do but the best option is to drag him to court, he said.

"Sudarshan's statement is not justifiable and therefore the RSS leadership has apologised and distanced itself from the comments," Vaidya said.

BJP asked Congress to put a stop to attacks on RSS offices by its workers to protest Sudarshan's remarks and warned that failure to do so would lead to nation-wide agitations on n 2-G Spectrum, CWG and Adarsh Housing Society scams.

"We are giving a stern warning to Congress that if it continues with its violence and anarchy inspite of all clarifications by BJP and the RSS, which remained calm even after Congress leaders equated RSS with SIMI, we will launch a nation-wide agitation to expose Congress on 2-G Spectrum, Adarsh scam and CWG issues," BJP spokesperson Tarun Vijay.

Congress activists held demonstrations at various places in West Bengal including in front of the RSS state headquarters Keshav Bhavan in Kolkata demanding Sudarshan's apology to the nation and burning his effigy.

The activists brought traffic to a halt for sometime while staging a demonstration at the Hazra Crossing in Kolkata.

Demanding imposition of a ban on the RSS, Bihar's Congress unit threatened to intensify its agitation against Sudarshan if he failed to apologise to the party and Sonia.

"We demand imposition of ban on the RSS... all the organisations should take suo motu cognizance of Sudarshan's irresponsible remarks and take necessary steps against him", state Congress president Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser told reporters in Patna.

"We will intensify our agitation after the elections in Bihar if Sudarshan fails to apologise to the Congress and its president for his irresponsible statement", he said.

In Jharkand, Congress activists also held protests. "Sudarshan has lost his mental balance; he should be admitted to Kanke mental hospital in Ranchi or in Agra mental hospital," Jharkand's PCC president Pradeep Kumar Balmachu said in a statement in Ranchi.