Why Talk About Rahul Gandhi’s Gotra? Kirti Azad Slams BJP

“Please talk about jobs, black money, smart cities, stand up and start up India,” Azad said in a tweet.

Kirti Azad slammed the BJP for raking up the issue of Rahul Gandhi’s gotra during election campaigns. 

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On Tuesday, 27 November, Member of Parliament Kirti Azad took to Twitter to slam the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for raking up the issue of Rahul Gandhi’s gotra during the election campaigns.

Azad in a tweet said, “Please talk about jobs, black money, smart cities, stand up and start up India, cleaning of Ganga, fugitives who ran away with money.”

Azad further said, “People are asking me these questions, tell me what to reply?”

Azad’s comment comes a day after Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said the gotra mentioned by Rahul Gandhi while offering prayers at Pushkar temple in Rajasthan was that of Former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and not of the Congress president.

A priest, who presided over the puja offered by Rahul during his visit to the Pushkar lake in Ajmer district on Monday, 26 November, had claimed that the Congress chief’s gotra was ‘Dattatreya’ and he is a Kashmiri Brahmin.

The Bharatiya Janata Party had been questioning the Congress chief over his temple visits during elections and even asked what his gotra is.

Addressing a rally in Ajmer's Nasirabad town, Raje said: "Rahul Gandhi did not mention his gotra, the gotra mentioned was that of Nehruji. He should have mentioned the gotra of his father (Rajiv Gandhi) and grandfather (Feroze Gandhi)."

(With inputs from PTI)