Mocking his Italian lineage, BJP coins new ‘gotra’ for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi

A priest at Pushkar lake in Rajasthan recently said Gandhi gave out his gotra during a ritual as “Dattatreya”, who are Kashmiri Brahmins

The BJP coined a new ‘gotra’ for Congress president Rahul Gandhi, mocking his Italian lineage through his mother and party leader Sonia Gandhi.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting (PTI)

UP Bharatiya Janata Party chief Mahendra Nath Pandey called it “gotra Itlus”.

This is the latest remark in the row over Gandhi’s gotra.

A priest at Pushkar lake in Rajasthan recently said Gandhi gave out his gotra during a ritual as “Dattatreya”, who are Kashmiri Brahmins.

Some BJP leaders challenged the “claim”, reminding that Gandhi’s paternal grandfather was a Parsi, not a Hindu with a ‘gotra’.

Pandey said that Gandhi has “no gotra”, going by the traditional male lineage.

“And if we take his gotra going by his mother, it should be gotra Itlus,” he said