Union Home Minister and BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed Congress for its leaders mocking Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performing 'Shashtra Puja' after receiving the first Rafale fighter jet in France. Shah said that 'Shashtra Puja' is done on Vijayadashami which symbolises the victory of good over evil. "Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performed 'Shashtra Puja' of Rafale yesterday in France. There has been an old tradition of 'Shastra puja' in our country. Rajnath Singh had performed Shastra Puja (worship of weapons) on Dussehra after receiving the first of the 36 Rafale jets in the French port city of Bordeaux on Tuesday.

Source: dna October 09, 2019 10:30 UTC