Chennai, Aug. 3 -- BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday condemned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's statement that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre had sent late former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to threaten him over the Opposition's pushback against the farm laws. She called Rahul's remarks "the topmost lie."

"I want to condemn Rahul Gandhi because he is saying that Arun Jaitley threatened him. But Arun Jaitley passed away before that. His son also said that his father was a democratic person and he would not have threatened," Soundararajan told reporters in Chennai.

"This is the topmost lie of Rahul Gandhi. He first said "dead economy" just like (US President Donald) Trump said. Then, he said that the Election ...