What would an Italian know about Ram: Modi

Gujarat CM Narendra Modi demanded action against Sonia Gandhi, PM Manmohan Singh and Law Minister H R Bharadwaj for withdrawing the affidavit filed in the SC on the Sethusamudaram project, saying it amounted to contempt of court.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi demanded action against UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Law Minister H R Bharadwaj for withdrawing the affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on the Sethusamudaram project, saying it amounted to contempt of court.

“Anybody who does an U-turn after filing an affidavit in court is committing contempt and thus is liable to be punished for having misguided the court,” he told a rally of tribals in Vadodara district.

Modi said he was not satisfied with the withdrawal of the affidavit and threatended to launch a protest on the issue ‘because his heart was burning after the affidavit questioned the existence of Lord Ram’.

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The BJP leader, who faces Assembly elections in three months, had on Thursday attacked Gandhi in the context of the Ram Setu issue.

“What would an Italian know about Ram? Sonia was born in Italy and Lord Ram in Hindustan. Hence, there is little possibility of her knowing anything about the existence of Lord Ram,” Modi had told a tribal rally at Mandvi in Surat district.

“Our faith is Hinduism and we do not need a certificate from anyone on Lord Ram’s existence.”

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