Home 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.
Launching the BJP’s campaign for the Haryana Assembly elections, party president Shah addressed three rallies and sought to make a big issue out of Congress leader Kharge’s statement.
“On Vijaya Dashami the Rafale was inducted into the Indian Air Force. Defence minister Rajnath Singh conducted shastra pujan of the Rafale jet in France. The Congress didn’t like it,” Shah told a rally in Kaithal.
