11-26-2008, 08:28 PM
^ Is the Chris Patten mentioned above the same as the one below? Both are British, both held some official political position. Would also make sense:
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Nov 19 2008, 10:43 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Nov 19 2008, 10:43 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>RSS, Bajrang Dal are not terrorist groups: Britain</b><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The British government has said neither the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) nor the Bajrang Dal are terrorist organisations and their members are not banned from entering Britain.
"The government do not consider the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or the Bajrang Dal as terrorist organisations," British Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Lord Malloch-Brown told the House of Lords.
<b>"Neither organisation is proscribed in the UK or in India, nor do the Indian government classify either as a terrorist organisation," Malloch-Brown said in reply to a question by former cabinet minister Lord Chris Patten.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]90387[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Nov 19 2008, 10:43 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Nov 19 2008, 10:43 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>RSS, Bajrang Dal are not terrorist groups: Britain</b><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The British government has said neither the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) nor the Bajrang Dal are terrorist organisations and their members are not banned from entering Britain.
"The government do not consider the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or the Bajrang Dal as terrorist organisations," British Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Lord Malloch-Brown told the House of Lords.
<b>"Neither organisation is proscribed in the UK or in India, nor do the Indian government classify either as a terrorist organisation," Malloch-Brown said in reply to a question by former cabinet minister Lord Chris Patten.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]90387[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->