A Congress member in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday raked up the issue of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi not hosting Iftaar this Ramzaan while
noting that he had offered prayers in Nepal's famed Pashupatinath
Temple.
The member, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, said while no one has any objection to the Prime Minister going from "Pashupatinath to Tirupati", there has been a practice since Independence of Prime Ministers hosting Iftaars in the holy month of Ramzan.
The member, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, said while no one has any objection to the Prime Minister going from "Pashupatinath to Tirupati", there has been a practice since Independence of Prime Ministers hosting Iftaars in the holy month of Ramzan.
"Even Atal Bihari Vajpayee continued with this tradition, but what
has happened now," Chowdhury, a former Union Minister, said in an
apparent reference to Modi not hosting an Iftaar reception this Ramzaan.
His remarks were met with strong opposition from BJP members, prompting
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to observe that it would not go on record.
"Such personal matters will not go on record. I am sorry .... This is not the way. If you want a party, go to him," she told Chowdhury as PK Biju and MB Rajesh (both CPI-M) supported the Congress member.
Raising the issue during zero hour, Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandhopadhyay recalled the Prime Minister's visit to the Pashupatinath Temple yesterday and his donation of ghee and 2500 kg of sandalwood.
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