Jabalpur, Jan 23 (ANI): Senior priest of the Dwarka Shradha Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati is caught in a controversy after he slapped a TV journalist. Swami lost his cool and slapped the journalist when he was asked a question on BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi. Swaroopanand had been vocally critical of the BJP's decision to project a PM candidate. Later, Swaroopanand admitted that he slapped the journalist and said that the question was to uselessly keep the politicians in news.