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AAP condemns RSS, VHP remarks on Hamid Ansari
New Delhi, Sep 2
The AAP on Wednesday
condemned the RSS and the VHP for their "demeaning" remarks on Vice
President Hamid Ansari, who pitched for "affirmative action" for Muslims
in India.
"The demeaning remark made by the Rastriya Swayamsewak
Sangh (RSS) and the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) against Hamid Ansari is
a sad development for democratic norms. The comments made by the
right-wing hardliners amounts to mockery of the Constitution," Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) leader Ashutosh said in a statement.
Ansari, while
inaugurating a meeting of the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat on
Monday, said the state needed to correct the deprivation, exclusion and
discrimination faced by Muslims.
Criticising Ansari, the VHP asked him to apologise or resign from his post.
"The
RSS and the VHP attempted to ridicule the Constitution by attacking the
vice president. This is direct interference of these hardline groups in
the political process and should be condemned by one and all," the AAP
leader said.