Shinde clarifies, says he meant 'saffron terrorism not Hindu'

January 20, 2013 15:39

After accusing the BJP and the RSS for promoting "Hindu terrorism", Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde clarified that he had meant "saffron terrorism".

He got the backing of several Congress leaders. "I want to make it clear that he (Shinde) meant right-wing terrorism. There is no Hindu or Muslim terrorism," said Union Minister Rajiv Shukla.

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