The BJP today amped up its Twitter blitz on the Congress with a list of what it said were "lies peddled" by party chief Rahul Gandhi. All concerned Rafale, which occupied headlines yesterday after a report by The Hinducited an internal note of the defence ministry that expressed strong reservations about the "parallel negotiations" conducted by officials of the Prime Minister's Office.
The "head's up" came in the morning.
The government had pointed out yesterday that the note cited by The Hindu also contained a handwritten response from then defence minister Manohar Parrikar, which said the PMO was monitoring the progress of the deal -- a detail not included in the news report.
But the Congress argued that "negotiating directly" with the French government is not 'supervision", but interference. Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi pointed out that the involvement of the PM's Office was not included in the government's submission in the Supreme Court.
Later, he tweeted: "The Chowkidar has concealed facts on the Rafale issue from the Supreme Court. The nation has now seen the evidence. The people's court will not spare him."
Hence, the Supreme Court judgment on Rafale, that concluded that the Supreme Court judgment -- which said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal for 36 fighter jets -- was also questionable, he said.
The BJP listed Mr Gandhi's claims on the matter, and offered a fact-check.
The ten tweets of the BJP included news tweets, documents and video clips about the Rs 59,000 crore deal, which the Congress says is overpriced and signed to benefit the rookie defence firm of Anil Ambani.
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