Rafale Deal: Rahul Gandhi hits out at Jaitley’s ‘2 truth’ statement; calls for JPC

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday responded to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s blog, where he said former French President François Hollande was contradicting himself.

Taking to Twitter, Gandhi said, “Mr Jetlie’s speciality is his ability to spin “2 truths”, or lies, with fake self-righteousness & indignation to defend the indefensible. It’s high time he, the RM & our PM stop lying and call a JPC to establish the full, uncorrupted truth about the Rafale Scam.

aitley on Sunday said former French President Francois Hollande contradicted his own statement with regard to the Rafale deal and that neither the Indian nor the French government played any role in selection of Reliance as offset partner by Dassault.

A political controversy has erupted over Hollande’s statement that the Indian government wanted the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence to be chosen as offset partner of Dassault, the manufacturer of the Rafale fighter jets.

Attacking Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Jaitley said that the truth cannot have two versions.

“A controversy is sought to be created on the basis of a statement made by the former French President Hollande, that the Reliance Defence ‘partnership’ with Dassault Aviation was entered at the suggestion of the Indian Government. In …read more