Cong allegations on Rafale deal desperate bid to corner PM Modi ahead of LS polls: J-K BJP

A day after a Congress leader demanded scrapping of the Rafale fighter aircraft deal, the Jammu and Kashmir BJP today accused the Congress of "fabricating lies" in a "desperate" bid to corner the NDA government ahead of the Lok Sabha polls next year.

Terming the allegations over the deal "half-backed, false, misleading and confusing", it alleged that Congress' insistence on making the contents of the deal public was aimed at helping the intelligence agencies of China and Pakistan.

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa had yesterday termed Rafale deal the "biggest scam in the country's defence sector post-Independence" and demanded its cancellation.

State BJP spokesperson Brigadier Anil Gupta (retd) said, "In a desperate bid to corner the Narendra Modi government prior to the 2019 polls, the Congress is fabricating lies and scams in the hope that it may succeed in maligning the image of the BJP-led NDA government."