Varun Gandhi, son of Maneka Gandhi, whose reported remark that the country could not be ruled by 'white skinned' people that drew strong protests from the Congress, on Sunday denied that he had made any such statement.

"This is a deliberate attempt to create mischief. I have not made any such statement. It reflects neither my thinking nor my language," said Varun in a signed statement. "The press needs to be vigilant against such irresponsible and motivated rumours."

Terming Varun Gandhi's remarks as 'racist and uncivilised', Congress spokesman Anand Sharma had said that such comments were made to divert the people's attention from the failures of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government.

Varun Gandhi, along with his mother, had joined the BJP last month.