'Panchjanya not RSS mouthpiece': Manmohan Vaidya

RSS's Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Manmohan Vaidya on Sunday refused to accept Panchjanya as the organisation's mouthpiece, saying the sangh has made its stand very clear that it does not support the Dadri lynching incident.

Vaidya said reports stating that the sangh supports the Dadri incident are false and baseless.

"Sangh doesn't support any violent incident. Sangh has made its stand clear earlier that there must be a through probe into this (Dadri) incident and the culprits must be brought to book. Panchjanya or Organiser aren't the mouthpiece of sangh, this also has been made very clear earlier," he added.

The RSS mouthpiece in its latest edition has criticised the writers, who have returned their awards in the wake of the incident in Dadri where a man was lynched over rumours of storing beef at his residence.

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The RSS mouthpiece alleges that madrasas and the Muslim leadership teach Indian Muslims to hate the country's traditions.

"Akhlaq (the Dadri victim) perhaps slaughtered a cow under the influence of such bad deeds," it states.

Questioning the silence of writers, it asks them why they have been quiet on this issue.

"Vedas order killing of the sinner who kills a cow. It is a matter of life and death for many of us)," states the article.