Launching a venomous attack on Congress chief, union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey has called Rahul Gandhi "schizophrenic" and a "sewer worm".

The junior minister in the health ministry, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Bihar's Buxar, made the remarks while comparing Mr Gandhi with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.

"While the PM is like the sky, Rahul Gandhi is like naali ka keeda," Choubey said while addressing a programme in Bihar's Sasaram.

The 65-year-old union minister said he was very disappointed with Rahul Gandhi for accusing PM Modi of lying on the Rafale fighter jet deal with France, and that he should be admitted to a mental hospital.

"Rahul Gandhi is calling himself great, intelligent, perfect. He said Modi is a liar on Rafale deal… This can be said by that person who is suffering from Schizophrenia disease. I think he should be admitted to mental hospital," the union minister said.

Choubey said India needs a progressive prime minister and the whole country will unite to make Narendra Modi the prime minister again.

The minister alleged it was the Congress party which was the "mother of corruption" and hit out at the opposition by calling mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance), maha-thag-bandhan (alliance of the corrupt).

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