evidence: Home / India News / An RSS leader compared Modi to 'scorpion sitting on Shivling', says Tharoor [...] "The man says Modi is like a scorpion sitting on a Shivaling. You cannot remove him with a hand and you cannot hit it with a chappal either," he said. Suggesting that it was a very profound understanding of the relationship, the Congress leader said, "Because, if you remove a scorpion with your hand, you will get stung very badly. If you hit Shivaling with a chappal, then you have undermined all the sacred tenets of the faith.