In response to a letter written by Jasvinder Singh of Dal Khalsa UK, BBC Asian Network's head of programming Mark Stripple has said that BBC has discussed the issue of presenter Bobby Friction's offensive comment terming Sikh as "Sikh Talibans" with him and reminded him of his responsibilities as a BBC presenter.
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