Lord Singh of Wimbledon is quitting Thought for the Day after 35 years in protest at the BBC saying that some of his talks “might offend Muslims”.

Indarjit Singh, as he has been known to listeners, has accused the corporation of “prejudice and intolerance” after it tried to prevent him from broadcasting an item commemorating an executed Sikh guru who had opposed the forced conversion of Hindus to Islam under the Mughal emperors of India in the 17th century.

He said that the BBC had tried to stop the script being broadcast last November “because it might offend Muslims” — even though it contained no criticism of Islam. “It was like saying to a Christian that he or she should not talk about Easter for