RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots: Omar Abdullah

National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Wednesday said RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots.

Abdullah made the remark attacking former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta for his reported remarks that madrasas breed militants.

"And RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots like Gupta here," said Abdullah in a tweet.

The BJP leader and former dy CM Gupta had earlier said, "Madrasas are the places where militants are born."

NC chief spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, meanwhile, dubbed Gupta's remarksas "sheer idiocy" arising out of "mental frustration".

Mehdi said Gupta's statement reveals the amount of revulsion that the saffron party and its cadres have for Muslims.

Gupta's statement indicates his ignorance and malice against Muslims, he said.

"The statement is coming from a person who is affiliated with RSS, an extremist rightwing organisation that didn't play any role in the independence movement of the country, on the contrary it showed revulsion for