'Son born to a foreign woman...': BJP MP Pragya Thakur lashes out at Rahul for remarks in UK

Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha MP Pragya Thakur on Saturday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi must be thrown out of the country for some of his statements made on foreign soil.

Gandhi had, on Monday, told British parliamentarians in London that functioning microphones in the Lok Sabha are often silenced against the Opposition. He made the comment during an event organised by veteran Indian-origin Opposition Labour Party MP Virendra Sharma in the Grand Committee Room within the House of Commons complex.

Thakur, who is Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, also claimed Chanakya had said a "son born to a foreign woman can never be a patriot" and that "Rahul Gandhi had "proved" the saying was true.

"We have assumed you are not from India because your mother is from Italy," Thakur further said.

She was replying to a query on Gandhi's allegations during an event in the UK that his party colleagues were not being allowed to speak in Parliament.

Hitting back, the BJP MP claimed it was the Congress which was not allowing Parliament to function.