India, March 22 -- A major controversy erupted after Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman called 16th-century Rajput king Rana Sanga a "traitor". In a video clip shared by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sanjeev Balyan, Suman is heard saying in Parliament,"The BJP says that Muslims have Babar's DNA in them. The Muslims in India don't idolise Babar. They consider Mohammed Sahab and Sufi saints as their ideal. Who brought Babar to India? Rana Sanga brought Babar to defeat Ibrahim Lodi. If you claim Muslims are the descendants of Babur, then you are also the descendants of Rana Sanga-a traitor. We criticise Babur, but not Rana Sanga."

The remark has triggered massive protests from the BJP. Balyan wrote on X,"Shame on you - c...