Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday accused Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of “insulting” India on foreign soil while defending the centre against his “attack on democracy” charge.

While addressing a press conference here, Prasad implied that Rahul Gandhi was making such remarks because he wants power. He further accused the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha of “abusing” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s development.

“Rahul Gandhi is abroad. It would have been nice if he had wished well, but he is attacking India. He says everything baseless. He says there is no democracy in India. There is complete democracy, but the problem with Rahul Gandhi is that he wants power,” Prasad, who is a former Union Minister, said.

“In Bogota, Colombia, Lok Sabha

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