RSS functionary announces bounty for Kerala CM’s head

UJJAIN/NEW DELHI: An RSS functionary today kicked up a row when he announced a Rs one crore bounty for beheading Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, but the Sangh fountainhead distanced itself from his remark.

Kundan Chandravat, ‘Sah Prachar Pramukh’ of RSS in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain, announced the reward to avenge the killing of its workers in Kerala, allegedly by CPI-M workers.

“The Kerala Chief Minister is killing our RSS workers who want to take this country forward.

“So I have announced a Rs 1 crore reward for the one who beheads such a killer Chief Minister. I will pay him by selling my assets,” Chandravat was shown saying in a video clip which vent viral.

The RSS, however, distanced itself from Chandravat’s remarks, with a top national-level functionary saying he did not even know him.

“The RSS strongly condemns such statements. The Sangh does not believe in violence. But we will continue to protest against attacks on our workers in Kerala in a democratic and peaceful manner,” the organisation’s national ‘Sah Prachar Pramukh’ (joint chief of publicity) J Nanda Kumar said. (AGENCIES)