Press Trust of India Posted online: Friday, September 30, 2005 at 1332 hours IST
Phagwara, September 30: The attempt of RSS Chief Sudarshan to "redefine" minorities by stating that only Parsis and Jews were minorities has stirred a hornets nest.
SAD(A) President and a former Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann today alleged that this statement smacked of sinister bid of RSS for the "Hinduisation" of religious minorities like Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists who were given minority status by the Constitution.
"By sermonising to the church to Indianise, RSS Chief was trying to intimidate Christians and our party would not allow this to happen, Mann said.
"Indianisation of the church is tantamount to Hinduisation of Christians," he said adding that it also meant that the RSS chief considered minorities like Christians, Muslims and Sikhs as Hindus and "we won't tolerate it", Mann said.
"Hindus had brutally assaulted members of Punjab christian movement when they were peacefully proceeding to the office of Jalandhar DC for presenting a memorandum three days ago, he said.
