Kumar Vishwas invokes Ramayana in veiled dig at Shatrughan Sinha, stokes row

Speaking at a poetry event in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, Vishwas said, "Teach your children about Ramayana. Otherwise, it might so happen that while your house is named 'Ramayana', someone else might take away your household's ‘Lakshmi’."

The snippet of Vishwas's remarks from the event has gone viral on social media, drawing heavy criticism from netizens and others alike.

Why the poet's remarks seemed like a jibe at the Sinha's family was because Shatrughan's Mumbai home is named 'Ramayana' and his daughter, actor Sonakshi Sinha recently married her long-time beau Zaheer Iqbal. Vishwas's statements suggested that he was hinting at Sonakshi's inter-faith marriage.