Congress president Rahul Gandhi reiterated his demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe of the Rafale deal and used the report, published in The Hindu, to step up his attack on Modi. “Rahul Gandhi and the Congress are working to get the Rafale deal scrapped. Sniffing an electoral opportunity in the Rafale deal, the Congress has been relentlessly keeping up the heat. Who are they batting for?”Former Lok Sabha secretary general and political analyst P Sridharan said, “The Supreme Court had said that there is no need for any enquiry into the Rafale deal. But blocking Parliament proceedings would not serve any purpose.”Also read | ‘Flogging a dead horse’: Sitharaman dismisses Rahul’s new Rafale chargeFirst Published: Feb 08, 2019 22:57 IST

Source: Hindustan Times February 08, 2019 17:26 UTC