Skeletons in Rafale scam are tumbling out one by one: Surjewala

Congress on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Supreme Court dismissed government's objection over admitting certain "classified" documents as evidence in the Rafale case. The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the preliminary objections the Central government had raised to petitions seeking a review of its 14 December judgment in the Rafale case. The bench had given the NDA government a clean chit in the procurement of 36 Rafale jets under an India-France inter-governmental agreement.

New Delhi:The opposition on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Rafale fighter jets deal after the Supreme Court rejected the Centre's preliminary objections on the use of three documents and allowed review petitions to be heard on merit.

"Modiji, you can run and lie as much as you want, but sooner or later the truth comes out," Congress chief spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said

"The skeletons in Rafale Scam are tumbling out one by one. And now there is ‘no official secrets act’ to hide behind," Surjewala said minutes after the Supreme Court rejected the Modi government's plea against allowing the use of classified document "stolen" and "illegallay photocopied" as evidence in the Rafale Case.

"Supreme Court has upheld a time honoured legal principle. A rattled Modiji had threatened to invoke Official Secrets Act against independent journalists for exposing his corruption on #Rafale. Don't worry Modiji, an investigation is going to take place now, whether you like it or not," he added.

The Centre had submitted that the privilege documents were procured by petitioners in an illegal way and used to support their review petitions against the December 14, 2018 judgement of the apex court dismissing all pleas challenging procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.