evidence: Delhi HC rejects Shashi Tharoor’s plea in defamation case over 'Scorpion on Shivling' remark for PM Modi [...] The Delhi high court on Thursday dismissed Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s plea challenging the defamation proceedings initiated against him by a BJP leader over his alleged "scorpion on Shivling" remark targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [...] Speaking at the Bangalore Literature Festival in 2018, the Congress MP reportedly quoted an unnamed RSS source who allegedly described Modi as "a scorpion sitting on a Shivling." He termed it an "extraordinarily striking metaphor".