Kamal Nath cuts temple-shaped birthday cake, Chouhan fumes

November 16, 2022 21:43

Kamal Nath

Controversy erupted on Wednesday over a `temple-shaped' birthday cake with a picture of Hanuman prepared for Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath's birthday celebrations.

As a video of the celebration emerged on social media, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan termed it an insult of Hindus".

During Nath's three-day visit to his hometown Chhindwara, his supporters celebrated his birthday, which falls on November 18, in advance.

n the video, Nath, who calls himself Hanuman-bhakt, is seen with the cake.

The celebration apparently took place at the former chief minister's house in Chhindwara on Tuesday evening.

When asked about it by reporters at the BJP office on Wednesday, Chouhan said, "Congress was against the Ram temple. Now they remember Hanumanji only for votes They put Hanumanji's picture on the cake and then cut it. This is an insult to Hindu religion and Sanatan tradition."

When contacted, MP Congress Media Department chairman KK Mishra said he was unaware of the controversy.

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