Hindus Still Upset Over Glenn Beck's "Denigrating" Ganges River Comments

Hindu groups are still seething over Glenn Beck's disparaging remarks about India's River Ganges. Although the political commentator has already apologized, upset Hindus are still pursuing their complaint to the Federal Communications Commissions.

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Last week, on his Fox News opinion show, the commentator said that the South Asian nation's sacred river sounds like a disease.

He said, "One big river they have there, that sounds like a disease. Come on it does. I mean if somebody said, I am sorry, you have a really bad case of Ganges."

He also took aim at India's healthcare system, saying healthcare there costs a lot cheaper than in the U.S. because the money from medical fees go to doctors who studied at Harvard rather than "Gajra Raja medical school."

He offered a passing apology this week, saying, "By the way, the name of the river in India, Ganges, I said last week that it sounded like a disease, did not mean to offend anybody."

There was no formal statement or press release from Fox News or its parent News Corporation regarding Beck's remarks.

Bhavna Shinde of Forum for Hindu Awakening has filed a formal complaint to the FCC against Fox News and News Corporation for Beck's comments, which they believe denigrated their religion.

The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) said they are disappointed with Beck's "careless reference" to the quality of Indian medical schools.

USINPAC (US-India Political Action Committee) chairman Sanjay Puri also condemned the conservative political commentator's "derogatory comments." He said Beck ridiculed India's heritage and mocked their medical education system in a bid to "advance his view on domestic health reform."

Meanwhile, Universal Society of Hinduism president Rajan Zed urges Fox News and News Corporation to release a formal statement on the matter and put in policies and procedures in place to assure this kind of "denigration" would not happen anymore.