New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Prakash Reddy on Thursday sharply criticised Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over his remarks on the India-US interim trade agreement, calling them a "rogue statement" and describing Gandhi as "mentally a foreigner," while questioning his grasp of Indian culture.

Speaking to ANI, Reddy said, "I do not understand whether Rahul Gandhi is Indian or a foreigner. Maybe he is physically born Indian, but mentally he is a foreigner. He has no courtesy for the Indian people, and he doesn't understand India and Indian culture."

Reddy's remarks came in response to Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, where he accused the Central government of...