The Congress on Friday, 14 December, said the Supreme Court decision ruling out a court-monitored inquiry on the Rafale deal has “validated” its stand that the case can’t be decided by SC.
Congress had stated earlier that the Rafale issue cannot be decided by the Supreme Court, and the alleged corruption in the defence deal can only be investigated by a JPC, party Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
Congress also said on its twitter handle that it was out of the apex court’s jurisdiction to probe the Rafale deal. The party then put up a petition demanding a JPC inquiry.
The full Supreme Court judgment:
Surjewala said that only a JPC can investigate alleged corruption in the Rafale contract after examining the pricing process and the sovereign guarantee.
"We again challenge the prime minister for a JPC probe to unveil every layer of corruption in the deal," he said, alleging that corruption has been "guided by the highest echelons of power.”
The top court on Friday dismissed all petitions demanding a probe into the Rafale deal and said that it found “no substantial evidence of commercial favouritism to any private entity.”
BJP leaders hit out at the Congress after the verdict, with party President Amit Shah saying that the country was “misled” by the Opposition party and the SC decision was a “slap on politics of lies.”
(With inputs from PTI)
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