India, Oct. 3 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attracted attacks from the Bharatiya Janata Party over his explanation of "why cars are heavier than motorcycles" to students in Columbia, with the ruling party's IT cell chief Amit Malviya terming it "gibberish."

The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha posed the question while interacting with students at EIA University in Envigado, Colombia. He asked why a car is usually heavy and why it needs 3,000 kg of metal, while a motorcycle is comparatively lighter.

"To carry one passenger, you need 3,000 kg of metal in a car, while a 100-kg motorcycle carries two passengers. So why is a motorcycle able to carry two passengers with 150 kg of metal, and a car needs 3,000?" the Rae Bareli MP ask...