More on the BJP's reaction to Rahul Gandhi saying that the IB had briefed him on ISI recruiting UP riot victims.

The BJP today said the Home Minister must answer that in what capacity intelligence officials are briefing the Congress MP.

The party criticised the Intelligence Bureau (IB), asking how can it brief a Member of Parliament or a party office bearer.

"In what capacity is the IB briefing Rahul Gandhi? He is just an MP (Member of Parliament), we are MPs too. He is a party office bearer, we are party office bearers too. IB does not brief our party bearers, how can they brief him. He is not the Prime Minister or a Home Minister," BJP national spokesman Prakash Javadekar said.

"If Rahul Gandhi is saying that ISI is in touch with the youth in India, what action is the government taking? The Home Minister must answer. "This is very serious. We can't take politics today to that level where Congress wants to take it," he said.

In a public rally in Indore, Gandhi had claimed that intelligence agencies in Pakistan were approaching some victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots to lure them into terrorism.