Ernakulam, May 4 -- Bharatiya Janata Party leader KVS Haridas on Sunday slammed Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for claiming that Lord Ram was "mythological."

"The comments that Lord Ram is mythological is nothing but anti-Hindu and also anti-national. Congress always took the stand, even before this, we should not forget that when the Ayodhya case was before the Supreme Court, the senior lawyers, who fought against the Ram Temple movement also had taken a stance that Ram was not even born in Ayodhya," the BJP leader told ANI.

Leader Haridas criticised the Congress party for "cheating the Hindu community" and abusing Lord Ram.

"Now, after the verdict, even when the Ram temple has come up in Ayodhya,...