New Delhi, May 18 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday lashed out at Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his tweet targeting External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, accusing him of spreading fake news.

"Rahul Gandhi and Congress are factories of fake news... This is not the first time Congress is spreading such a lie, which can be misused by Pakistan. Rahul Gandhi had spread lies about surgical strikes, Balakot airstrike and the Pulwama incident," Poonawalla said.

Poonawalla also said that Gandhi's statements on Article 370 had ended up in Pakistan's dossier, and alleged that Congress had begged Pakistan for help in removing the Modi government. "Mani Shankar Aiyar went to Pakistan at Sonia Ga...