Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday invoked former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi while sharply criticising Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks at EIA University in Colombia. Rijiju said that unlike Indira Gandhi, who never spoke against India abroad, Rahul Gandhi was “the first person to go abroad and talk against his own nation.”

“Indira Gandhi once said she would never speak against India outside the country. Rahul Gandhi is the first person to go abroad and talk against his own nation,” Rijiju told ANI.

Rijiju was responding to Gandhi’s recent statements, where the Congress leader accused the BJP of “attacking India’s democracy” and centralising corruption. Speaking to students, Gandhi said he remained “very optimistic about India” due to its diversity, technological strengt

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