New Delhi, Oct 2 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his “attack on democracy” in India remarks at a seminar in Colombia, accusing him of making baseless claims about the country to “degrade” its stature on foreign soil.

It also flayed Gandhi over his remarks that “British could kill our freedom fighters but our freedom fighters would not act violently against them”, and accused him of insulting the country’s “martyrs”, citing the names of Mangal Pandey, Subhas Chanadra Bose, Bhagat Singh and other revolutionaries.

The BJP alleged that Gandhi keeps making comments “against India” out of his “desperation” to gain power, and advised the Congress leader to understand that his party will suffer more losses in elections if he continues to “insult” the country. S

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