Congress compromising national security: Arun Jaitley on Opposition’s demand to disclose Rafale deal

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today accused the Congress of “seriously compromising” national security by demanding disclosure of details of the Rafale fighter jet deal and also “manufacturing” corruption allegations against the NDA government.

Jaitley’s attack against the Congress in the Lok Sabha during which he defended the government’s decision against making the break-up of the nearly Rs 58,000 crore deal public came even as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi fired a fresh salvo at the government. Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not answering his questions because there was something “fishy” about it.

Amid acrimony between Congress and BJP members, Jaitley also advised Gandhi to “learn” from former defence minister Pranab Mukherjee “lessons on national security.”

“Your party was stigmatised when you were in government because of allegation of corruption. Now the new act is, let us manufacture an allegation of corruption against the NDA. So when you couldn’t find anything, you said please disclose the price of the Rafale deal,” Jaitley said while replying to a discussion on the Union Budget.

“I charge the Congress of seriously compromising India’s security… PM Modi has run a clean government for the past four years, so let us manufacturer …read more