Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has a ritual gesture onto a Rafale jet fighter during an handover cermony at the Dassault Aviation plant in Merignac, near Bordeaux, southwestern France. APHome minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said “shastra pujan” (weapon worship) was a “culture” and “tradition” of India and attacked the Congress because its leader Mallikarjun Kharge had questioned defence minister Rajnath Singh’s worship of a Rafale fighter jet at its ceremonial handover in France. Defence minister Rajnath Singh conducted shastra pujan of the Rafale jet in France. Rajnath on Tuesday conducted “shashtra pujan” of the Rafale jet, writing “Om” on the plane’s nose and placing a coconut, a laddoo and flowers on its front section. Isn’t shastra pujan our parampara (tradition)?” he asked the crowd.

Source: The Telegraph October 09, 2019 23:48 UTC