Hon. Dr. Manmohan Singh:

I take strong exception to a wholly incorrect interpretation - an extreme distortion - of Hindu scriptures by lawyer Fali S. Nariman who represented the Government of India before the Supreme Court on July 22 and reportedly quoted from "Kamba Ramayana" and "Padmapurana" and said that there is a reference to the destruction of Ram Sethu by Lord Rama himself. Some months ago, the lawyers representing your Government had shocked the entire world by making a submission to the Supreme Court denying the very existence of Lord Rama. Now it has come up with a distorted