The Congress said Saturday the Supreme Court, which gave the Government relief in the Rafale jet case, has not gone into the pricing and technical aspects of the aircraft and it is only a joint Parliamentary committee that can probe whether there was any irregularity in the deal.
At a Press conference, Congress leader Kapil Sibal pointed to a part of Friday’s judgment in which the Supreme Court said the material placed before it shows the Centre did not disclose in Parliament the pricing details of the fighter jet but revealed it to the Comptroller and Auditor General.
The apex court also said the CAG report was even examined by the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament.
Reacting to this, Sibal said Mallikarjun Kharge, the chairman of PAC, has said he never received any such report on Rafale jet.
“Who is responsible for this? Who said this? It was the Government who said this. How did the attorney general pass the affidavit?” he said.
He also rebuked the Government for not reading its own affidavits.
“This is a very serious matter and there should be an action in this case because the message among people is that CAG has cleared and Parliament has seen the deal, which is wrong,” he said.