Author: PTI
Publication: Rediff.com
Date: August 6, 2008
URL: http://www.rediff.com//news/2008/aug/06simi3.htm
The Congress on Wednesday supported the demand
of the Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal to ban the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS).
Both parties earlier welcomed the lifting
of the ban on SIMI.
"The RSS has been banned three times
in the past and I do not think the demand to ban it again is unjustified,"
said Congress spokesmen Shakeel Ahmad.
His reaction came in the wake of both the
SP and the RJD demanding a ban on organisations like the RSS and the Shiv
Sena.
Ahmad, who is also a minister of state for
home, clarified that he was speaking on behalf of the Congress party and not
the government.