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UWI political scientist Dr Bishnu Ragoonath has apologised to the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) for comments he made in a newspaper article in response to boasts by UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar that she has "purged" the UNC.

At the presentation of the UNC Coalition of Interests's 39 candidates at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya on April 5, UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said, "I have purged the politics of caste, class, nepotism, family connections, segregation, discrimination and dynasty from the UNC."

In a letter to SDMS general secretary Vijay Maharaj on April 8, Ragoonath apologised to Maharaj for the statement he made in the newspaper article which "gives the impression that the SDMS which represents the majority of Sanatanist Hindus in Trinidad and Tobago, was 'purged' by the UNC.