RSS expressed regret over the controversial statements against Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi : Finally the RSS said sorry for the controversial statements of its former Chief K S Sudarshan against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and again made it clear that it does not represent the views of the organization.

Sangh leader Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi said in a statement, “As the joint general secretary of RSS, I express my heartfelt deep regrets over the alleged statement (of Sudarshan), which had hurt the sentiments, and the subsequent developments that are unfortunate”. RSS leader Manmohan Vaidhya had also said that Sudarshan’s views were not that of the organisation. “No discussion on this issue has taken place in the Sangh on this issue and neither does the Sangh have any information on this,” Vaidhya said.

In a scathing attack on Thursday, the Congress called Sudarshan a “fossil from the archaeological museum”. AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said, “No language can be more uncivilized than this. There can be no bigger lies than these. If Congressmen get provoked after hearing all this, they (RSS) will be responsible for it… The reaction from the society to it should be such that none can dare use such uncivilized and obscene language again.”

Sudarshan said things which cannot be repeated, Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal said the 80-year-old “seemed to have lost its mental balance”. He also sought an apology from the BJP, saying it drew its inspiration from the RSS.

Sudarshan has claimed Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had plotted the assassinations of her husband Rajiv Gandhi and mother-in-law Indira.

Moreover in Bhopal two days ago – he called her a CIA agent and said she had blocked an attempt to remove Satnam Singh as Indira Gandhi’s bodyguard (he would later assassinate her along with another bodyguard). Sudarshan also questioned why Sonia had “insisted” the dying prime minister be taken to AIIMS instead of the nearby Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Topping it all was Sudarshan’s charge that Sonia was an illegitimate child. Her father was in jail at that time and he use wrong date of birth because of this reason.