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Facing rough days, BJP tries hard to undercut Cong's soft hindutva in MP

Several senior BJP leaders have made fun of Rahul Gandhi's temple visits

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi greets the people during a tribal rally in Raichur on Monday. Photo credit: PTI Photo

Anup Dutta | TheWire Bhopal
In an attempt to undercut the Congress party’s subtle message to voters that the Congress too is ‘pro-Hindu’, Bharatiya Janata Party’s star campaigners are questioning Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Hindu credentials in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.

According to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath, Rahul went to many temples, but when he knelt down to pray, the pujaari at the temple had to tell him that he was in a temple, not a mosque.

“Gujarat mein Rahul Gandhi ne bahot mandiron ke darshan kare, lekin jab mandir mein darshan ke waqt vo ghutno pe baithe, to pujari ko bolna padha, ki ye mandir hai