evidence: Many others criticised Tharoor for his comments like David Frawley, an expert in Hinduism, who tweeted, "Unnamed sources are just a devious way to put forth your own opinions. So Narendra Modi is a scorpion on a Shiva linga? Tharoor will even misleadingly use Lord Shiva to attack Modi. Is this part of how he expresses his Hindu identity." [...] Tharoor then cites the quote given by the unnamed RSS source, "Modi is like a scorpion sitting on a Shivling, you cannot remove him with your hand and you cannot hit it with a chappal either." Tharoor made the comment while attending a discussion at the recently concluded Bangalore Literature Festival on Sunday. [...] BOOM also sourced the original article where the quote cited by Tharoor appears. The said article titled, "The Emperor Uncrowned – The rise of Narendra Modi’ appeared in the magazine’s 1 March 2012 issue and was written by their Executive Editor Vinod K Jose. The quote appears in the last paragraph of the story as, "Shortly before I left Gujarat, one RSS leader described his own feelings in a bitter sigh: "Shivling mein bichhu baitha hai. Na usko haath se utaar sakte ho, na usko joota maar sakte ho." A scorpion is sitting on Shivling, the holy phallus of Lord Shiva. It can neither be removed by hand nor slapped with a shoe."