New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa slammed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for calling Union MoS Ravneet Singh Bittu a "traitor," recalling Operation Blue Star and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Rahul Gandhi and Ravneet Singh Bittu exchanged words outside Parliament, with the Lok Sabha LoP calling Bittu a "traitor." The war of words began when Ravneet Bittu commented on the MPs protesting outside Parliament, saying, "They are sitting as if they won a war."

In response, the Delhi Minister called Rahul a "traitor" and said, "The kind of words used by Rahul Gandhi against a Sikh Minister, calling a Sikh Sardar 'traitor' - I strongly condemn this. This is very shameful. If there is a traitor, it is you, Rahul Gandhi. Sikh Sardar ...