Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the Congress for criticising Defence Minister Rajanth Singh for performing Rafaleshastra puja (worship of weapons) during the handover ceremony of the fighterjet in France on Tuesday. Shah said that the Defence Minister performed thepuja as per Indian traditions and Congress should think over what needs to becriticised and what not."Congress did not like it. Is shastra pujan notperformed on Vijayadashami? They should ponder over what needs to be criticisedand what not," Shah said a rally in Haryana.On Tuesday, the Congress hadhit out at Rajnath Singh for performing the shastra puja during the Rafalehandover ceremony accusing the BJP-led government at the Centre of trying tosaffronise the Rafale handover.

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge called the wholething a drama and said that there was no need for the Defence Minister to perform'shastra puja'. "There is no need to do such 'tamasha' (drama). When webought weapons-like the Bofors gun previously purchased, no one went &brought them while showing off," Kharge told ANI. Kharge added that it isthe duty of Indian Air Force officers to judge the value of any fighteraircraft and BJP leaders are just interested in garnering publicity. "OurAir Force officers judge whether they are good or not. These people go, showoff, sit inside (the aircraft)," Kharge remarked.