Amit Shah accuses Rahul of lies on Rafale deal
New Delhi, Aug 29 : BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on his demand for a JPC probe into the Rafale deal and accused him of lying on the issue.
"Your lies to fool the nation are self-evident when the Rafale price you quote vary in Delhi, Karnataka, Raipur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and in Parliament. But the nation's IQ is higher than yours," Shah said in a tweet.
His remarks came hours after Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government was trying to cover up a "scandal with scandal" and asked why it was "scared" of a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe.
The BJP chief said: "Why wait for 24 hours when you already have your JPC-Jhoothi Party Congress." Earlier, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley termed the Congress charge on the deal "complete falsehood."
Hitting back, Gandhi said that the government should then go for a JPC probe.
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Fire at mass marriage event attended by Dy CM Shivakumar, nobody affected
Raichur (Karnataka) (PTI): Fire broke out near the stage of the mass marriage event that was attended by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar here, police said on Sunday.
Nobody was affected, and the fire was immediately put out, they said.
The fire was noticed shortly after Shivakumar and other dignitaries left the stage, and Forest Minister Eshwaran Khandre was speaking to the media at the venue in Sindhanur, officials said.
According to officials, wires, speakers, and cloth materials near the stage caught fire, allegedly due to a short circuit.
Police personnel present at the spot quickly swung into action and extinguished the fire.
The programme was halted for some time and resumed later, they said.
Several ministers, legislators and political leaders from the region, and actor Sudeep had attended the event.
