Rafale issue: PM covering up 'scam', 'fear' making him 'corrupt', alleges Rahul

Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sunday accused the PM of covering up the "scam", saying "fear"was making him "corrupt" and "destroy" key institutions.

Gandhi also cited a media report which claimed the Modi government decided last month to nominate senior Supreme Court Judge A K Sikri to the vacant post of president/member in the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal (CSAT).

On 8 January, Justice Sikri's vote proved decisive in the removal of CBI director Alok Verma over corruption charges.

"When the scales of justice are tampered with, anarchy reigns. This PM will stop at nothing, stoop to nothing & destroy everything, to cover up the #RafaleScam," Gandhi tweeted tagging the media report.

"He's driven by fear. It's this fear that is making him corrupt & destroy key institutions," the Congress chief alleged.

Earlier, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel cited the same media report and tweeted: "The Government has a lot of explaining to do."