BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra has accused Rahul Gandhi of acting like an agent or pawn for a company that is in competition with Dassault Aviation, the manufacturers of the Rafale jets.
He said that sometimes competing defence companies appoint agents to sabotage other companies and Rahul Gandhi has been acting like an agent of one these firms by constantly lying about the Rafale deal. He has been trying to mislead people, the BJP leader added.
Patra's comments came after Congress demanded a joint parliamentary committee probe into the Rafale deal following news of France initiating an investigation into the same.
Sambit Patra also said that France ordering a probe into the deal based on complaint by a French NGO does not need to be seen as corruption. He said it was a routine matter of a govt acting on a complaint.