A priest at the Pushkar lake in Rajasthan, who presided over the puja offered by Rahul Gandhi on Monday, 26 November, claimed that the Congress president's gotra was 'Duttatreya' and he is a Kashmiri Brahmin.
“His gotra is ‘Dattatreya’ and he is a Kashmiri Brahmin. Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, Maneka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have come and offered prayers at the ghat and it is recorded with us.”Dinanath Kaul, the priest, to reporters