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Shinde's statement was of regret, not apology:
Kamal Nath
Sunday February 24, 2013 10:37:15 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: After the
Congress, the government Sunday said Home Minister Sushilkumar
Shinde had not apologised for linking the BJP and the RSS with
terrorism but only expressed regret, which the opposition party
had accepted.
"Well, it is regret. That is the word that has been used,"
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told CNN-IBN news
channel in an interview.
After Shinde expressed regret Wednesday over his controversial
remark made while addressing a Congress conclave in Jaipur in
January, Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko Thursday said the home
minister's statement was factually correct.
The Congress said the regret was issued to let parliament function
as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had vowed not to let it run
till Shinde apologised.
While the BJP accepted Shinde's statement, the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) rejected it.
According to Kamal Nath, Shinde had used the word "BJP" but has
clarified that he did not mean any political organisation.
"If it has inadvertently or advertently been construed to mean
that, he said 'I express regret'," he said.
Seeking to distinguish between Shinde's remarks and similar
comments made by former home minister P. Chidambaram, Kamal Nath
said: "The difference was Shinde used the word 'BJP' and Mr
Chidambaram had not used the word 'BJP'."
The parliamentary affairs minister said that the home minister's
regret was discussed with the BJP leaders.
"There was a discussion and some text was worked out. Some text
was discussed (with BJP). They said this was enough... they said
he should say this. This was not a text like putting a comma and a
fullstop," said Kamal Nath.
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