Ram bhakt or Rome bhakt

Congress leader and former Union minister Kapil Sibal sparked a row, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not a “real Hindu” as he has “quit” Hinduism and embraced Hindutva.

Sibal’s remarks invited a sharp riposte from the BJP which said, people, know who is a “Ram bhakt” (devotee to Lord Ram) and who is a “Rome bhakt”, a clear dig at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s Italian origin..

Hitting back, BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said, “People know who’s a ‘Ram bhakt’ and a “Rome bhakt”.

The Congress government told the Supreme Court in 2007 that Lord Ram didn’t exist. ‘Babar ki bhakti’ was to deny Hindus temple in Ayodhya,” he said.