Hitting out at former RSS chief K S Sudarshan for his attack on Sonia Gandhi, an angry Congress on Thursday described him as a "fossil" and said its partymen will protest his remarks all over.

"No language can be more uncivilised than this. There can be no bigger lies than these. If Congressmen get worked up after reading all this, they (RSS) will be responsible for it. Congress strongly condemns this. The reaction to it should be such that none can use such uncivilised and obscene language again," AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.

While interacting with the media in Bhopal on Wednesday, Sudarshan had called Gandhi a CIA agent and accused her of plotting the assassinations of her husband and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and his mother Indira Gandhi.

The ruling party also dared the BJP and Sangh to "disown" Sudarshan after the two distanced themselves from his remarks.

Calling Sudarshan a "fossil from the archaeological museum", the Congress leader lamented that a person associated with an organisation "which boasts of culture and decency could stoop so low by using such derogatory language and make false charges. If someone gets agitated then who is responsible... everybody has a right to oppose such things... if Congressmen and people of the country do something (untoward), they (RSS) will be responsible for it," he said.

On BJP and RSS distancing themselves from Sudarshan's statements, he said: "Congress will judge the RSS and BJP more by their action than words. They have to decide whether they own or disown such a person. BJP and RSS should clearly come out and say whether they agree or disagree with such remarks." Dwivedi said this at a media briefing, flanked by two other party spokepersons Shakeel Ahmed and Manish Tewari.

"You draw your own conclusions," he said when asked whether Sudarshan's angry outburst was due to the arrest of RSS leader Indresh Kumar in connection with the Ajmer blast.

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