India, Feb. 3 -- The Lok Sabha witnessed a war of words between the Treasury bench and the Opposition afterLeader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi targeted the government and claimed that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was sent to the inauguration of Donald Trump as US President to ensure a US invite for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BJP MPs, led by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, strongly objected to his remark and said he could not make such unsubstantiated statements.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address, Gandhi said: "When we talk to the United States, we would not send our foreign minister to invite our Prime Minister to his coronation."

"If we ha...