BJP accuses Tharoor of ridiculing Kumbh

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, January 30

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday accused Congress MP Shashi Tharoor of insulting Hinduism by "ridiculing" the ongoing 'Kumbh' with "tactical support" of Rahul Gandhi.

 Tharoor tweeted a photograph of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath and his cabinet colleagues taking a dip at 'Sangam' in Kumbh with a caption in Hindi: "Ganga has to be kept clean and sins are also to be washed here. Everyone is naked in this Sangam. Hail mother Ganga".

Union Minister Smriti Irani said Kumbh was a festival of faith and a biggest symbol of Hindu beliefs, and called Tharoor's “tantamount to religious slur".

"It is appalling and he has done it with tactical support of Rahul Gandhi," she said, claiming that the Congress president's silence amounted to his support to Tharoor's "insult" of the Hinduism.

Hitting out at Gandhi, the minister said he allows his party leaders to attack the beliefs of Hindus but strategically wears 'janeu' (holy thread) when elections are round the corner. With PTI