Rahul Gandhi calls Ravneet Bittu 'traitor friend'; BJP leader responds with 'desh ke dushman' jibe
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Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Ravneet Bittu, a former Congress MP, on Wednesday were engaged in a verbal duel during a protest by suspended MPs in the Parliament House, with the former calling the BJP leader a "traitor friend" and the latter retorting with a "desh ke dushman" (enemy of the nation) jibe.
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