VHP condemns Rahul Gandhi's statement on Hindu extremists

All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi's statement on Hindu extremists is condemned by Vishwa Hindu Parishad terming it as a vote bank politics.

"His statement is a symbol of vote bank politics which the Congress is playing," VHP's national vice-president Ashok Chowgule told reporters in Panaji on Friday.

He said that Congress is not asking execution of death penalty for terrorists like Afzhal Guru and Ajmal Kasab but are interested in casting allegations against Hindu saints and organisations.

Gandhi in a conversation with US ambassador Timothy Roemer has alleged to have said that radicalised Hindu groups posed a threat to India.

Chowgule said that they (congress) is only trying to defame Hindu organisations for electoral gain.

He said that VHP's convention in Goa scheduled on January 4 will extensively deliberate on the issue of saffron terrorism.

As per the diplomatic leaks released by WikiLeaks, Gandhi had made the controversial remarks last year to the US ambassador.