Kasauli, Nov. 13 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nalin Kohli on Friday criticised Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his phone-tapping allegation, accusing him of making claims without providing evidence and adopting a "shoot and scoot" strategy to remain relevant in the media.

Kohli, in a video message, said Gandhi appeared to have adopted a strategy of making allegations without substantiating them and subsequently demanding a debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"It seems that Mr Rahul Gandhi is obsessed with this new strategy of his. Make a false, blatant, and rather outrageous allegation, something like my phone is being tapped, provide no evidence, and then sit back and say I need to have a debate ...