Union minister Arun Jaitley launched a scathing attack on the grand old party over the Rafale deal, claiming Congress president Rahul Gandhi is trying to "sustain a sinking dynasty" by "peddling lies". Gandhi had accused Modi of acting like a middleman for businessman Anil Ambani in the Rafale deal.
Jaitley, in a Facebook post, rejected allegations of conflict of interest of CAG Rajiv Mehrishi, saying he never dealt with any file or paper relating to the fighter jet deal during his tenure in the finance ministry in 2014-15.
"How many more lies will be peddled to sustain a sinking dynasty? India, certainly deserves better," Jaitley said in the post titled 'How Many Lies Need to be Peddled to Sustain a Sinking Dynasty?'.
Stating that the contagion effect of falsehood is fairly large, Jaitley said the lies spread by the Congress have spread to other colleagues in the "Mahajhootbandhan".
"In relation to the Rafale deal where thousands of crores of public money has been saved, a new falsehood is manufactured on a daily basis. The latest is in relation to the present CAG and his participation in the decision making process of Rafale," Jaitley said.
In 2014-15, present CAG Mehrishi, was economic affairs secretary in the finance ministry, and being the senior-most bureaucrat was also designated as the finance secretary.
"I say this without fear of contradiction that no file or paper relating to the Rafale transaction ever reached him nor was he in any way, directly or indirectly, associated with the decision-making on defence purchases. Expenditure to be incurred on purchases by various departments of the Government needs the approval of Secretary (Expenditure)," he said.
Without naming Gandhi, Jaitley said "the dynast" and his friends have in the past even attacked the Supreme Court when it rejected the writ petition on Rafale.
Earlier in the day during a press conference, Gandhi accused Modi of acting like a middleman of businessman Anil Ambani in the Rafale deal, after a media report stated that Ambani met French defence officials before the PM announced the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from France. "Only Modi could have told Ambani about the deal in advance. He is under oath. He compromised national security. He does what a spy does. He gave defence information to someone else," he said.
Dynast And His Friends
Without naming Rahul Gandhi, Arun Jaitley said “the dynast” and his friends have in the past even attacked the Supreme Court when it rejected the writ petition on Rafale
Earlier in the day during a press conference, Gandhi accused Modi of acting like a middleman of businessman Anil Ambani in the Rafale deal. “Only Modi could have told Ambani about the deal in advance,” Rahul said
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