India, March 10 -- Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's hug and wink made it into the debate in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday as parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju mentioned past instances to claim the Leader of Opposition is "not serious" in his conduct.

"I have never seen such a leader, who comes and hugs the prime minister, then goes back to his seat and winks at fellow party MPs ('aankh maarta hai')," Rijiju said, speaking in Hindi. Rahul was not present, nor was PM Narendra Modi.

Rijiju was speaking against the motion of no-confidence brought in by the Congress-led Opposition against Speaker Om Birla for his allegedly biased conduct.

The hug-and-wink instance he mentioned is from 2018, when Rahul Gandhi said he intended to "clean your h...