Supreme Court verdict on Rafale deal settles all doubts: Nirmala Sitharaman

The government and the BJP on Friday said that all accusations on the Rafale deal had been laid to rest with the Supreme Court verdict.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the verdict had addressed all three broad issues raised by the petitions, while Finance Minister Arun Jaitley called the allegations “fiction writing” and ruled out any need for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) investigation.

On Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s



specific question over a “missing” Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) report that the Supreme Court said was before the Public Accounts Committee, Mr. Jaitley said it would be looked into.

“I think whatever are the contents of the verdict in terms of the procedural details or the narration which has been given, that is not a subject matter of our comment. If there is something required to be done in that regard, I think the lawyers will examine it and do the needful,” he said.