Extract : Sonal Shah, an Indian-origin member of US President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, whose links with VHP sparked criticism, has formally renounced her affiliation with the Hindu<http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/uspolls2008/Election_Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080076063&#>outfit, accused of fomenting violence against Muslims and Christians in India.
Shah, former member of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, has said if she could have anticipated the outfit's role in the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat, she would have never associated with its US branch a year earlier of the incident. "Had I been able to foresee the role of the VHP in India in these heinous events, or anticipate that the VHP of America could possibly stand by silently in the face of its Indian counterpart's complicity in the events of Gujarat in 2002 -- thereby undermining the American group's cultural and humanitarian efforts with which I was involved -- I would not have associated with the VHP of America," Shah said http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Sonal-Shah-renounces-VHP-affiliation/397117/ http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1213094 http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/12/stories/2008121255371400.htm http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/uspolls2008/Election_Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080076063 & Earlier we were informed that it was 'guilt by association' and that the VHP of A is different from the VHP. Now that the cat is out of the bag, I wonder what her apologists and spin doctors will tell us next. Regards, Marshall