evidence: It Is A Metaphor Pointing Out Invincibility Of The Person: SC Says While Staying Defamation Case Against Shashi Tharoor For Scorpion On Shivling Remarks Against PM Modi The Supreme Court today stayed the defamation proceedings against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over his "scorpion on Shivling" remark allegedly targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [...] The Counsel quoted the relevant portion: "Mr. Modi is like a scorpion sitting on a shivlinga, you cannot remove him with your hand, and you cannot hit it with a chappal (footwear),..so ultimately you live with it..."