New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks involving former Union Minister Arun Jaitley, terming them "hateful" and "baseless," and demanded an immediate apology.

In a post on social media platform X, the Union Minister said, "Rahul Gandhi has completely shredded all standards of decorum in public life. Former Union Minister and senior leader, the late Arun Jaitley ji, is no longer among us. However, Rahul Gandhi's immature and childish, hateful mentality has insensitively spread lies in the name of the late Arun Jaitley ji to further his own agenda, disregarding the facts related to the agricultural laws."

He further accused the Congress MP of using...