US opposes plea that wants RSS designated as terror group
The SFJ (Sikhs for Justice) had asked the court to declare that RSS as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ under relevant US law and to direct the secretary of state to designate it as such under that law.
The United States government has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against Secretary of State John Kerry by a Sikh rights group that wants the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to be designated as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’, saying the group does not have ‘any entitlement’ to make such a demand.
US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara filed on behalf of Kerry a 20-page motion on Tuesday asking the Manhattan court to dismiss the complaint filed by Sikhs for Justice, citing lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted.
The SFJ's legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said the group will challenge the US government's bid to block the labeling of the RSS as terror group.
The rights groups had filed the lawsuit in January asking a federal court here to designate RSS as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ for ‘believing in and practicing a fascist ideology......
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The SFJ (Sikhs for Justice) had asked the court to declare that RSS as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ under relevant US law and to direct the secretary of state to designate it as such under that law.
The United States government has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against Secretary of State John Kerry by a Sikh rights group that wants the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to be designated as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’, saying the group does not have ‘any entitlement’ to make such a demand.
US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara filed on behalf of Kerry a 20-page motion on Tuesday asking the Manhattan court to dismiss the complaint filed by Sikhs for Justice, citing lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted.
The SFJ's legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said the group will challenge the US government's bid to block the labeling of the RSS as terror group.
The rights groups had filed the lawsuit in January asking a federal court here to designate RSS as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ for ‘believing in and practicing a fascist ideology......
Read more at: US opposes plea that wants RSS designated as terror group - Rediff.com India News
