Rahul `Hindu Moment` in Kedarnath |
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi trekked the arduous pilgrim route to the holiest of Hindu shrines and became the first person to enter Kedarnath temple after the portals opened for this season. Rahul emerged with vermillion smeared on his forehead. Rahul`s Kedarnath yatra is being seen as his `Hindu moment`. The political family has always portrayed their Hindu affiliation. Indira Gandhi visited temples and conspicuously wore a `rudraksh` all the time. Sonia Gandhi dipped her feet in the Holy Ganges at the 2000 Mahakumbh. `Soft hindutva` is back in currency in Congress chatter, said reports. Congress has always kept up the centrist image. It was Madan Mohan Malviya who presided over Congress as well as Hindu Mahasabha even as the party brandished secularism.
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