Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday said that he suspects Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is a Christian.

Swamy's remark came after Rahul Gandhi visited four temples in Gujarat, before wrapping up his three-day visit to the poll-bound state.

Congress party has said that Gandhi's move to visit temples was aimed at countering the hardline Hindutva of the BJP and RSS.

"He should first declare he is Hindu, I suspect he is Christian and has Church inside 10 Janpath," said Swamy speaking to ANI.

Gandhi had kicked off his tour after offering prayers at the Dwarkadhish temple on Monday and resumed his road-show by trekking up the famous Chotila temple in Surendranagar district.

On his way to Jetpur from Kagvad, Gandhi also paid a visit to a temple dedicated to Dasi Jeevan, revered by Dalits and Buddhists.

He also made an unscheduled visit to another shrine - Jalaram temple - in Veerpur in Rajkot district.

However, Gujarat BJP leader said Gandhi was visiting temples as his party was not winning elections. "Rahul Gandhi has started visiting temples and shrines as his party is not winning elections in any state," state BJP spokesperson Raju Dhruv said.