New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh criticised Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in Germany, accusing the latter of "hatching a conspiracy to defame" India's institutions on foreign soil.

Speaking with ANI, Tarun Chugh said, "Rahul Gandhi's foreign trip is an anti-India trip. A conspiracy is being hatched to defame India's institutions on foreign soil... They are defaming the country... Now they are glorifying China... Prime Minister Modi has transformed India's economy from the decline under UPA through initiatives like Make in India and fiscal discipline, making it the world's fastest-growing economy..."

Earlier, BJP National Spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla slammed Rahul Gandhi, ...