<p>But while he flaunted several headgears offered to him by various people, he perhaps denied the lens-men an international photo opportunity as he declined to put on a skull cap offered to him by a Muslim cleric.<br /><br />Declining the skull cap, Modi sought the shawl worn by Imam Shahi Saiyad and accepted it around his neck, leaving the Imam fuming. Imam said he was invited as a representative of the Sufis. “In our faith a cap is given to a disciple by a saint with his blessings and I had offered him the cap with my genuine blessings that he may have success in erasing the blot of 2002, which he still carries. But as I offered him the cap, he told me in Gujarati he did not wear those caps,” he said.</p>
<p>But while he flaunted several headgears offered to him by various people, he perhaps denied the lens-men an international photo opportunity as he declined to put on a skull cap offered to him by a Muslim cleric.<br /><br />Declining the skull cap, Modi sought the shawl worn by Imam Shahi Saiyad and accepted it around his neck, leaving the Imam fuming. Imam said he was invited as a representative of the Sufis. “In our faith a cap is given to a disciple by a saint with his blessings and I had offered him the cap with my genuine blessings that he may have success in erasing the blot of 2002, which he still carries. But as I offered him the cap, he told me in Gujarati he did not wear those caps,” he said.</p>
