Amit Shah on Thursday made only a passing reference to “shastra pujan” at election rallies in Maharashtra, in contrast to his all-out attack on the Congress in Haryana on Wednesday for questioning the “worship” of a Rafale fighter jet, after the BJP was roundly mocked on social media. Shah, who is the BJP chief and the home minister, addressed four election rallies in Maharashtra but mentioned “shastra pujan” at only one. At the rally in Latur, Shah said that Rajnath had performed the worship in France and that the Congress opposed it. “Should shastra pujan be conducted on Dussehra day or not? Isn’t shastra pujan our tradition?” he had asked the crowd.

Source: The Telegraph October 10, 2019 20:37 UTC