Pune: After the Supreme Court (SC) gave a clean chit to the Bharatiya Janata Party  (BJP) government, the party is hitting hard at the Congress over its allegations regarding there being a scam in the Rafale jet fighter deal.
 
On Monday, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Chief and MP Poonam Mahajan said, “Congress President Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the Supreme Court and the people of the country over the false allegations he made in regards to the Rafale deal.”
 
She warned, “The BJYM will agitate outside the Congress offices nationwide if he does not do so.”

She alleged that Rahul was was trying to make desperate attempts to clean the Bofors scam stains on his party and family by levelling false allegations about the Rafale deal.

“We are reaching out to the people to let the countrymen know that there was an attempt on the part of Rahul Gandhi to mislead the country and how by levelling false allegations, how the defence secrets are being exposed and how Congress is politicising the issue,” she said.

She added, “According to us, Rahul Gandhi was trying to clean the Bofors scam’s stains (kalank) on his party and family and while doing this there was an attempt on his part to create political havoc and he was doing it by levelling false allegations in the Rafale jet fighter deal.” 

She said the Congress party president  had been alleging the misdoings in the Rafale jet fighter deal. “But now that the Supreme Court has given its verdict on Friday, will Gandhi apologise to the court and also the country?” she asked.