New Delhi: The government on Friday accused the Congress of misleading the nation on the Rafale jet<\/b>
\nNew Delhi: The government on Friday accused the Congress of misleading the nation on the Rafale jet deal and tarnishing the country\u2019s image internationally, and demanded an apology from its President Rahul Gandhi.
The government\u2019s attack came in the Lok Sabha soon after a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi\u2019s junked four petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets in a fly-away condition from Dassault Aviation.
\u201cFor political gains the Congress tried to mislead the country and tarnish the image of the nation internationally,\u201d Union Home Minister Rajnah Singh said in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour citing Supreme Court\u2019s verdict in the Rafale case.
\u201cAs the Congress itself indulged in corruption, it tries to drag the BJP to counter the charges. With this thought process, they tried to demean the government and tarnish the nation\u2019s international image,\u201d he said.
Singh said Gandhi should come to the House and apologise before the nation for his allegations.
Earlier, Gogoi said the apex court \u201csees no reason to intervene\u201d in the defence deal as there was \u201cnothing questionable\u201d in the decision-making process and the bench was not competent to go into the question of pricing and the choice of offset partner by Rafale manufacturer Dassault.<\/p>\n