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| BJP to hold nationwide protests against Rahul Gandhi over false Rafale claims on Saturday | | | NEW DELHI: A day after the Supreme Court ruled out any wrongdoing by the Narendra Modi-led NDA government in the Rafale jet deal with France, the ruling BJP on Friday said that it will hold countrywide protests against Rahul Gandhi and his party on November 16 for making false claims on the issue.
According to news agency ANI, the BJP leaders and functionaries will hold protests outside the Congress party offices in Delhi and other parts of the country to highlight how Rahul Gandhi and his party misled the nation over the Rafale issue and will demand an apology over the same.
In a major embarrassment for the Congress, the Supreme Court on Thursday not only dismissed the review petition in the Rafale deal but also issued a word of caution for its leader Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing his ‘chowkidar chor hai’ remark to the apex court.
The Congress party had launched an aggressive political campaign alleging corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal issue during the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
The party also contested the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in December 2018 making Rafale as its main poll plank.
After the top court verdict, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for "lying" about the Rafale deal.
Prasad said that Rahul not only dragged Dassault and Reliance, the companies that were involved in the agreement, but also the former presidents of France. |
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