The 'Jharkhand Pradesh Sadhu Sant Samaj' on Thursday condemned former chief minister and JMM working president Hemant Sorens remarks on saffron robes.
The samaj demanded an apology from Soren for hurting the feelings of Hindus.
"Saffron robes are symbols of abdication (of worldly life) and it relates to Hindu faith. His (Soren) remarks had hurt the faith of Hindus and is condemnable. He should apologise for his unsavoury remarks," Samajs organisational general secretary Swami Divyagyan ji Maharaj said at a press conference here.
Soren on Wednesday had stoked a controversy after he alleged that people wearing saffron robes were robbing women of their honour.
The BJP had lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Soren and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was on stage when the JMM leader delivered the controversial remarks
Questioning the "silence" of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra when Soren was delivering the "condemnable" remarks, he alleged, "The JMM has slipped a rung lower from Congress, which had coined the phrase 'bhagva atankwad' (saffron terror)."