Rahul's gotra is 'gotra Itlus': UP BJP leader
November 29, 2018 22:51
The BJP on Thursday coined a new 'gotra' for Congress president Rahul Gandhi, mocking his Italian lineage through his mother and party leader Sonia Gandhi.
Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief Mahendra Nath Pandey called it "gotra Itlus.
This is the latest remark in the row over Gandhi's gotra.
A priest at Pushkar lake in Rajasthan recently said Gandhi gave out his gotra during a ritual as Dattatreya, who are Kashmiri Brahmins.
Some BJP leaders challenged the "claim", reminding that Gandhi's paternal grandfather was a Parsi, not a Hindu with a 'gotra'.
Pandey told reporters that Gandhi has "no gotra", going by the traditional male lineage.
"And if we take his gotra going by his mother, it should be gotra Itlus," he said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had said Tuesday that the 'gotra' mentioned by Gandhi while offering prayers at Pushkar was that of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and not of the Congress president.
"Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, Maneka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have come and offered prayers at the ghat and it is recorded with us," Pushkar priest Dinanath Kaul had said.
The priest claimed he possessed old records showing this. -- PTI
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