Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday launched a scathing attack on Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi over his statement in Colombia, saying that no patriotic citizens should criticise their country outside their own country.

Sharpening his attacks, Singh further said tarnishing one’s country’s reputation in the world is a “crime” against the country.

Addressing the reporters here, the Union Minister said, “No patriotic citizen, irrespective of his political position, should criticise his country outside his own country. I believe that tarnishing one’s country’s reputation in the world is a crime against the country. We can discuss amongst ourselves in our country; Parliament is the platform, but we should not defame our country in the world.”

Earlier today, BJP MP Sud

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