New Delhi, July 29 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'idiots' remark sparked an uproar in the Lok Sabha on 29 July, with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju urging the Leader of the Opposition to avoid using "unparliamentary" language.

The LoP was quoting a student as saying that she said that there are three categories of people - students who learn, want to gain knowledge and accept others' truth, the 'idiots' who do not listen to others and the andbakhts (blind loyalists.)

"I asked what the goal of a student is? She said that the student runs after the truth, which is sweet. Like Gandhiji said that the windows of a house are open. I asked her, then what about the idiot? She said, Gandhi said recalling a conversation with an 18-year-old girl ...