The Supreme Court order on Friday dismissing pleas challenging the Rafale fighter jet deal enthused the top leadership of the Narendra Modi government and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to launch an attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi for indulging in “falsehoods” on the issue.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, BJP chief Amit Shah, party chief ministers and other leaders demanded that Gandhi apologise for misleading the nation in the light of the Supreme Court order. “Rafale deal has protected both security and commercial interest of India. Allegations on Rafale was fiction writing that was compromising national security,” Jaitley

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