New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla on Wednesday defended Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, saying Gandhi "rightly referred to him as a traitor."

"Rahul Gandhi rightly referred to him as a traitor...You should first ask the Sikhs of Punjab whether he is a Sikh...," he said.

Reacting to the controversy, Aujla said Bittu deserted the party at a critical time when the country was facing what he described as a "dictatorial force."

Speaking to the media here, Aujla said, "What happened today at the Makara Dwar is that a Congress leader, whom the party had given everything, left the party at a time when a dictatorial force was advancing towards the country. And whose lap did he go an...