India, Jan. 28 -- Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his comments on the role of royal families during a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow, saying it exposed his narrow thinking and understanding.

"What Rahul Gandhi, who considers the Constitution as his pocket diary, has said about the role of royal families in pre-independence India shows his narrow thinking and lack of understanding," Scindia said in a post in Hindi on X on Monday evening, responding to Gandhi's comments.

Addressing a rally in Mhow on Monday, Gandhi said Dalits, backwards and tribals had no rights before independence, when "only maharajas and rajas enjoyed rights".

"After independence, you (common people) got land and r...