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Fancy Dress Hinduism, Says BJP On Rahul Gandhi's Visit To Ujjain Temple

Darpan News Desk IANS, 29 Oct, 2018 01:40 PM
  • Fancy Dress Hinduism, Says BJP On Rahul Gandhi's Visit To Ujjain Temple
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said Congress president Rahul Gandhi is exhibiting "fancy dress Hinduism" to fool people and demanded action against his party colleague Shashi Tharoor for his "scorpion" remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
 
 
The saffron party's attack on Mr Gandhi came in the backdrop of his frequent visits to temples -- the latest being a trip to Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar temple today, ahead of his tour of the politically significant Malwa-Nimar region in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
 
 
The ruling party asked Mr Gandhi to expel Shashi Tharoor from the Congress for his controversial remarks against PM Modi.
 
 
The Congress MP from Kerala stoked a fresh controversy yesterday, claiming that an unnamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader had compared the prime minister to "a scorpion sitting on a Shivling" and termed it as an extraordinarily striking metaphor.
 
 
"The objectionable statement of Tharoor, who is very close to Rahul Gandhi, has disrespected not only the holy deity of Lord Mahadev, worshipped by crores of Hindus, but also Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In such a situation, how will he (Gandhi) offer prayers at the Mahakal temple," BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra told reporters.
 
 
Alleging that Congress leaders were continuously disrespecting the Hindus by making objectionable statements, Mr Patra demanded that Rahul Gandhi apologise for Shashi Tharoor's remarks and expel the 62-year-old UN diplomat-turned-politician from the party.
 
 
He claimed that after the humiliating defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, a committee headed by former Union minister A K Antony had said the Congress should take care of the Hindus for its political revival as it was losing ground because of its projected image of a "party of Muslims".
 
 
"After the Antony committee's report, Rahul Gandhi is exhibiting fancy dress Hinduism continuously. To mislead the Hindus, he is sporting a "janeu" (scared thread) over the shirt. We demand that 'janeudhari'Rahul Gandhi clarify to which 'gotra' (clan) does he belong to," Mr Patra said.
 
 
He also said since Rahul Gandhi had not given any answer to this question, people were calling him a "Vatican gotra ka Brahmin".
 
 
The Congress chief's mother, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, is an Italian by birth. 

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