NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday criticised Congress MP Rahul Gandhi , alleging that Gandhi insulted the Chhath Puja festival as he is ignorant of India's culture since Italy is his "maternal home". Addressing multiple rallies in Bihar, Shah said the INDIA bloc will be "wiped out" and that voters would "avenge" what he called an "insult to Chhathi Maiyya". He also referred to an earlier incident where Congress workers in the state allegedly abused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had held one of his election meetings in the Muzaffarpur on Wednesday, and alleged that the PM had tried to enact a "drama" by planning to take a dip in the Yamuna at Delhi, on the occasion of Chhath Puja. He had alleged that Modi gave up his
Bihar polls: Amit Shah says Rahul’s 'maternal roots' in Italy; accuses him of 'insulting' Chhathi Maiyya
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