Shashi Tharoor recently tweeted in Hindi to take a jibe on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his cabinet’s holy dip at the Kumbh Mela on Tuesday. In the tweet, Tharoor said, “You want to keep the Ganga clean and also wash your sins here. Everyone’s naked in the Sangam. Jai Ganga maiyya.”
Yogi Adityanath recently held a cabinet meeting at the Kumbh mela, after the meeting CM and his ministers decided to take a dip in Ganga. Here’s the video
Reacting to Shashi’s tweet, UP Minister SN Singh said that the Congress should take a holy dip in Kumbh as it might help them to repent them from their sins. “How will he understand the importance of Kumbh? The atmosphere he is in the culture he has been brought up in, he doesn’t understand this. You people have committed a lot of misdeeds, take a holy dip in Kumbh and you might be able to repent for your sins,” said Singh.
Earlier today, BJP spokesman Nalin Kohli had also stated that such comments on Hindu practices by an educated person like Tharoor is very unfortunate. “This is very unfortunate. An extremely educated and respected person like Tharoor always comes up with such kind of comments related to practices of the Hindu religion,” he said.
