The Congress on Sunday invoked India’s composite cultural heritage while reacting to the controversy surrounding the 'I Love Muhammad' campaign, stressing that expressing affection for one’s God or prophet should not be seen as problematic.

Congress’ media and publicity department head Pawan Khera, in a video statement, referred to India’s deep-rooted traditions. “In a harmonious country that has seen the tradition of mystic saint Meerabai and Sufism, such dwarfs have come who see an enemy of our rich cultural tradition in a seven-year-old boy,” he said.

“They killed and then hung the body of a seven-year-old because he is from another religion. What harm could that seven-year-old cause to our cultural heritage,” Khera asked.

The Congress leader also took a swipe at the ruling dispensat

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