Taking a veiled dig at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said people have started showing their gotra and sacred thread to become prominent in the country’s politics. These days people are showing their Gotra and janeyu (sacred thread) to become prominent in the country’s politics,” Adityanath said without naming Gandhi. “The people who described themselves as accidentally Hindu are now realising that they are also Hindus. The BJP leader claimed that they were trying to defame Hindu religion over the Sabrimala issue when everybody knew the tradition of the temple. Read | Mocking his Italian lineage, BJP coins new ‘gotra’ for Congress chief Rahul GandhiFirst Published: Dec 16, 2018 12:25 IST

Source: Hindustan Times December 16, 2018 06:11 UTC