New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Protesting on Parliament premises, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, took a swipe at Union Minister of State Ravneet Bittu on Wednesday, calling him, "My traitor friend".

Ravneet Bittu, who was a member of the Congress before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was passing by protesting Congress MPs outside Parliament's Makar Dwar, when Gandhi made the remarks.

Bittu passed by the suspended MPs, and remarked, "they [suspended Congress MPs] are sitting here as if they have won a war".

LoP Rahul Gandhi offered to shake his hands and said, "Hello brother, my traitor friend. Don't worry, you will come back [to Congress]."

Bittu refused to shake hands and hit back, saying, "Desh ke dush...