India, March 27 -- Veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Thursday criticised S Jaishankar over his use of the word "dalaal" during the all-party meeting on the West Asia crisis and said the use of such language by an external affairs minister is "inappropriate".

Gehlot also said that US President Donald Trump's behaviour towards Modi was "difficult to understand".

The central Government on Wednesday told an all-party meeting on the West Asia crisis that there is nothing new in Pakistan's mediation efforts in the matter, as that country has been "used" by the US since 1981.

"We are not a dalaal nation," Jaishankar had told the attendees of the meeting convened at the Parliament complex.

Targeting the external affairs minister for his...