Vyalar Ravi criticises Jay Leno for Golden Temple remark

January 23, 2012 11:11

India has strongly "objected" to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, terming it "quite unfortunate".

Leno, host of the popular The Tonight Show on NBC, flashed a picture of the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, in Amritsar on his programme and termed it as a possible summer home of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

NRI Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, who is currently visiting the United Stateshas "objected" to the remark and said he has directed Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao to take up the matter with the US state department.

"It is quite unfortunate and quite objectionable that such a comment has been made after showing the...Golden temple," Ravi told a group of Indian reporters. "The Golden temple is the Sikh community's most sacred place. Even our prime minister went there for praying in the New Year. I believe that the person who has shown is not that ignorant. The American government should also look at this kind of thing," the NRI affairs minister said.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

SC likely to pass order on interim bail to Kejriwal on Friday

Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who headed the bench which heard Kejriwal's petition against his arrest in the case, said, "We will pronounce the interim order (on interim bail) on Friday. The main matter related to the challenge to arrest will...

Is Baahubali Dhoni?

'Perhaps the character designers share my admiration for him!'

'It's Like Finding Trout In A Glass Of Milk'

'If we look at the replays side-on the foot touches the boundary twice and it's very clear.'

Deve Gowda's son Revanna sent to 7-day jail in woman kidnap case

The court remanded him to judicial custody for seven days till May 14.

Mother's Day: Share Your Favourite Pic

To share your Mother's Day story with us (Mother's Day will be celebrated on Sunday, May 12), just mail us at getahead@rediff.co.in (subjectline: Mother's Day) along with your name, age, the place where you live, your mother's name and...