Jammu and Kashmir Forest Minister Choudhary Lal Singh today apologised for his alleged communal slur against a delegation of Gujjars.
"If I have inadvertently hurt anyone's sentiments or feelings, I am sorry for the same. My effort has always been to serve all the communities of the state," Choudhary Lal Singh said in a statement here.
The Gujjars in a written complaint to Gandhi Nagar police station had accused the minister of using foul language and threatening them during a meeting with its delegation a few days back.
He said he always entertains people, who call on him, irrespective of their caste, creed or religious affiliation and added his comments were misinterpreted.
"I was speaking to my Gujjar brothers in Dogri about the increasing temperature in Jammu. I had said that mercury would reach 47 degrees Celsius in Jammu.
This was misunderstood by some people who linked it to 1947 when the country got freedom. 47 degrees should not be confused with the tragedies of 1947," he said.
