‘Chowkidar Facilitated Theft’: Rahul After SC Order on Rafale

The SC on Wednesday dismissed the Centre’s preliminary objections to the Rafale review petitions.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi. 

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Speaking after the SC dismissed the Centre’s preliminary objections to the Rafale review petitions and allowed the admissibility of “classified” documents as evidence in the case, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday, 10 April, said, “Supreme Court has accepted that there is some form of corruption in the Rafale deal and that ‘chowkidar ne chori karwayi hai’ (chowkidar PM Modi has facilitated the theft).”

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also hailed the SC’s decision allowing leaked documents to be used by petitioners seeking review of the Rafale judgment, saying skeletons in the “scam” are tumbling out and now there is “no official secrets act” to hide behind for the Modi government.

‘Modi Govt Has Compromised National Security for Corruption & Cronyism’

The Left parties also hailed the decision of the Supreme Court, alleging that the Modi government was compromising on national security.

Continuing his attack on the ruling party, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said that through the Rafale fighter jet deal with France, the government "promoted cronyism".

(With inputs from PTI and ANI.)