At 12:25 PM 11/8/03 -0500, libertarian wrote:
On one page of Wikipedia, it says: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - organisation of which a member assassinated Mahatma Gandhi
Kolkata (capital of Communist ruled West Bengal) based Statesman made the same claim and later apologised when asked for proof in a court of law. http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?date=2003-10-11&usrsess=1&a...
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Full text of the apology:
An apology
In an editorial entitled Double Standard Not Illegal but Stupid (The Statesman, 29-30 May 2000), we had described the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh as the organisation that killed Gandhi. This was incorrect, and unsupported by both facts and the record. We express regrets for the publication and apologise unconditionally for the anguish and mental torture caused to members of the organisation. This apology follows in the case Darshan Lal Jain vs CR Irani and others in the court of Mr Atul Marya, Ld. Judicial Magistrate 1st class, Jagadhri (Haryana) in which the complainant was being represented by Mr Pardeep Garg, Advocate.
In other words, they either lost a lawsuit or decided they couldn't afford to defend against it. No legal system is perfect, and I don't know anything about Indian libel laws, but at most what we have here is a statement that this newspaper could not convince a court that it was correct. Not that the opposite is correct.
Other than that, (a) this is probably still the wrong place for this discussion, and (b) you'll get much further offering factual evidence than calling your opponents communists. Even if they are communists, that doesn't mean they're wrong about these facts.