India, Feb. 13 -- Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday doubled down on the BJP-led government's attack against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his attempts to cite from former army chief Gen MM Naravane's unpublished book in the Lok Sabha. He also spoke of next steps on a motion by BJP Nishikant Dubey by which Rahul Gandhi can possibly lose his Parliament membership.

Rijiju said the government had decided to give a notice against Rahul Gandhi for "he violated rules and mentioned an unpublished book in an illegal manner".

"He also mentioned several things in his budget speech: 'country sold out' and other nonsense for the PM," the minister told news agency ANI.

He further said that since BJP MP Nishikant Du...