Cong, BJP spar over AG's remarks that Rafale documents not stolen

The Congress and the BJP Friday sparred over Attorney General K K Venugopal 's claim that the Rafale documents were not stolen from the Defence Ministry with the opposition party dubbing it a "lie" and the ruling party slamming Rahul Gandhi for his attack on the government over the issue.

The heated exchange between the Congress and the BJP came after Venugopal said that the Rafale documents were not stolen from the Defence Ministry and that what he meant in his submission before the Supreme Court was that petitioners in the application used "photocopies of the original" papers, deemed secret by the government.

Reacting to the remarks, BJP chief Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi saying: "Lies and Rahul Gandhi are synonymous. In this chain, he had yesterday said that Rafale's documents have disappeared from the Defence Ministry, but today it has become clear that no documents had disappeared. Another lie of Rahul Gandhi is in front of the public."
Shah, in his tweets, also said: "Insult of Iron Man Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, who symbolizes unity and integrity of the country, is nothing new for the Congress. Rahul Gandhi called India-made Sardar Patel's 'Statue of Unity' as 'Made in China'."