Sudershan’s Hindutva: Muslims, Sikhs Hindus

Blaming the British for creating ‘‘hatred’’ for the term ‘Hindu’, he said what happened in Gujarat was a spontaneous ‘‘pratikriya (reaction)’’ to the ‘‘kriya (actions)’’ of Muslim fundamentalists. He also said the Bible was relevant only in the times it was written.

Earlier in the day, radical Sikh organisations like the Dal Khalsa, SAD (Amritsar) Khalsa Mission Committee and Human Rights and Democracy Forum took out a march in protest against the function. Protesters carrying black flags raised slogans against the RSS and Sudershan for ‘‘creating communal divide’’. Later, Sudershan, who was shown banners that read ‘‘Sudershan go back’’, said such protests stemmed from the widespread hatred for the word ‘Hindu’, that represents ‘‘the unifying forces of India’’.