On Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's statements in US, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan slammed Rahul Gandhi and said that Maligning the image of the country is equivalent to Deshdroh. Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "Rahul Gandhi is the LoP and the position of LoP is a responsible position. I want to remind Rahul Gandhi that when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the LoP, in a foreign land, he never tried to malign the image of the country...Due to being defeated consecutively for the third time, anti-BJP, anti-RSS and anti-Modi sentiments have taken root in his mind...He is constantly trying to malign the image of the country. Maligning the image of the country is equivalent to treason...Who attacked the Constitution? Who imposed the emergency?... He goes on a Bharat Jodo Yatra but he is unable to unite neither with India nor with the people of India..."