Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that the Supreme Court decision on the Rafale fighter jet deal had vindicated the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party while exposing the lies spread by the Congress on this issue. Meanwhile, the BJP State president Ajay Bhatt said that Congress national president Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the nation.

Addressing the media, Rawat said that the Congress president Rahul Gandhi had been spreading lies about there being a scam in the Rafale deal. However, the Supreme Court decision in this case has exposed the lies of the Congress and vindicated the PM Narendra Modi. He said, “The BJP wanted a debate on the issue in the parliament and a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) but the Congress refused this and continued to spread lies.

Some people linked to the Congress filed a case in the Supreme Court questioning aspects of the deal but this was rejected by the apex court. The three judge bench headed by the chief justice of India was satisfied at Government stand on the three points questioned by the petitioners.

The Rafale deal was the first instance in recent times when a contract was signed directly between Governments in a transparent manner to procure the fighter jets at a lower price.

Earlier, the Congress had entered into various defence deals through middlemen. The Congress president even used cheap words to target the Prime Minister but the supreme court decision has proved that the Prime Minister’s intention was genuine and that the faith of the public in him remains undiminished.”

Referring to what the BJP national president Amit Shah had stated, Rawat said that those who were spreading lies and avoiding JPC were the thieves in this case. The Congress had even questioned the surgical strikes by the Indian Army in which several terror launchpads were destroyed in enemy territory.

Meanwhile, BJP State president Ajay Bhatt demanded that the Congress president should apologise to the nation. The Congress leaders in Uttarakhand should also apologise to the public as they had burnt the Central Government in effigy on the Rafale issue.

He said that the Congress president and leaders had made all attempts to misguide the people on the basis of baseless allegations. The Congress demoralised the army, which is unpardonable and also defamed the nation at the international level.