India, Aug. 5 -- Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi has defended her brother and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi against the Supreme Court's recent criticism of his comments about China's reported incursions and the Indian Army's response.

"With due respect to the honourable judges, they do not decide who a true Indian is," Priyanka Gandhi said as she arrived at Parliament on Tuesday, PTI reported. It was an apparent retort to the Supreme Court's remark on Rahul that made headlines on Monday, that "a true Indian will not say all this".

She said it is a the duty of Opposition leader to question the government. "My brother would never speak against the army, he holds them in the highest respect. It is a misinterpretation."

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