Bengaluru, Dec. 27 -- Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya on Saturday strongly criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his earlier "dead economy" remark, made in the context of US President Donald Trump's decision to impose retaliatory tariffs on India.

Siroya accused Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders of contradicting themselves by now taking credit for investments in Karnataka, particularly Foxconn's proposed investment, after previously portraying the Indian economy as failing.

He questioned whether multinational companies would invest in India without a supportive policy environment created by the Union government.

"My statement on how Rahul Gandhi and Congress leaders, who were jumping around saying that the Indian economy...