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Rahul Gandhi says “doors are opened” for investigation of Rafale deal

Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said the BJP should stop celebration and the focus on an investigation as the court decision on probing into the Rafale deal

New Delhi: On Thursday Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the Supreme Court’s Justice KM Joseph has left open a “huge door” for an investigation into the Rafale deal and demanded that a probe must begin in full earnest. Justice also called for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the fighter jet deal.

Gandhi’s comments came after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the Narendra Modi government on the purchase of 36 fully-loaded Rafale fighter jets from France based company Dassault Aviation, rejecting the plea for registration of an FIR by the CBI for alleged commission of the cognisable offense in the contract.

Today the top court dismissed the pleas seeking review of the December 14, 2018 verdict in which it had said that there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets plane.

“We found that the review petitions are not with any merit,” said a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph.

Justice Kaul said reading out the judgment, said the judges had reached the conclusion that it is not appropriate to order a roving inquiry into the allegations.

Justice Joseph wrote a separate judgment and said that he agrees with the main verdict written by Justice Kaul subject to certain aspects on which he has given his own reasons.

“Justice Joseph of the Supreme Court has opened a huge door into an investigation of the Rafale scam. An investigation must now begin in full earnest. A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) must also be set up to probe this scam,” Gandhi said.

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said the BJP should stop celebration and the focus on an investigation as the court decision on probing into the Rafale deal. Surjewala alleged that the BJP was misleading the people of India on the issue.

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