New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and accused him of duplicity in backing the farmers' protest against the Centre's contentious agriculture laws.

In a tweet, Badal said: "Before doing PC & crying croc tears at why Pbis being called Khalistanis, you @RahulGandhi should tell why ur grandmother used same words for Pbis, why your father got them slaughtered & why you labelled them as drug addicts? Once u come up with ans then only talk abt Pb farmers."

She slammed Rahul in another tweet saying: "Where was @RahulGandhi when farmers staged dharna in Pb? Whr was he when Bills were passed in Parl? 40 Cong MPs were absent from proceedin...