Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with other Opp MPs during a protest against Bihar SIR, in Parliament (PTI)A day after the Supreme Court censured Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks against the Army in the wake of the 2020 Galwan clash with the Chinese, saying, “If you are a true Indian, you would not say all these things”, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi and the INDIA bloc parties Tuesday rallied behind him, asserting it is not up to the judges to decide who is a “true Indian”.Speaking to reporters in the Parliament complex, Priyanka said that as the LoP, Rahul was doing his duty to ask questions of the government.“Who is a true Indian and who is not. With all due respect, I am saying that this doesn’t fall under the judiciary’s ambit. No justice will decide this. The second is that Rahul Gandhi has always respected the Army, the forces and its officers… The LOP’s duty is to ask questions of the government. He is doing his duty. He asks questions of the government, which doesn’t like them and doesn’t want to answer those questions,” she said.Congress general secretary organisation K C Venugopal said Rahul Gandhi’s remarks are the thoughts of every Indian. “When we ask questions inside the House or outside, they (the government) do not answer. We are termed anti-national for asking questions. But we are the true Indians who demand answers,” he told reporters in the Parliament House complex.The issue of the court’s observation was also discussed during a meeting of the INDIA bloc floor leaders on Tuesday, after which the Congress said “all the leaders of the INDIA bloc parties agreed that the sitting judge has made an extraordinary observation which is unwarranted on the democratic rights of political parties”.Asked about impasse in Parliament over opposition demand for a debate on the electoral roll revision, Vadra put the blame on the government. “The Parliament is not functioning. They (government) should hold talks, and say they will have a discussion. How difficult is it to run Parliament? Have they become so weak that they can’t run the House? … It is their failure that the Parliament is not functioning.”Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd