Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of “lying” on the Rafale issue and persisted the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe for an “uncorrupted truth” to come out.

“Mr Jetlie’s speciality is his ability to spin ‘2 truths’, or lies, with fake self righteousness and indignation to defend the indefensible. It’s high time he, the RM and our PM stop lying and call a JPC to establish the full, uncorrupted truth about the Rafale Scam),” Rahul tweeted.

Also, he pointed towards media report highlighting how former French President Francois Hollande’s charges have hit the Modi Government on the Rafale issue.

The Congress also demanded a clarification from the Prime Minister on the disclosure made by Hollande about the choice of Indian offset partner in Rafael deal and accused the PM of violating the oath of confidentiality by leaking information to Reliance Defence chief Anil Ambani.

“My direct charge is that the Prime Minister violated the oath of confidentiality. Only he could have told Anil Ambani that HAL will be out and he will strike a deal to buy 36 jets and ‘you (Ambani) go and talk to Dassault Aviation (the makers of Rafale jet),” Deputy  leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma told reporters.

The Congress has raised the pitch of its offensive against the Modi Government on the Rafale deal after Hollande claimed that the Indian government proposed Reliance Defence’s name as the offset partner for Dassault Aviation.

Armed with the sensation disclosure, Rahul has accused the PM of corruption and said: “Desh ka chowidar chor hai.”

The French Government said it was in no manner involved in the choice of Indian industrial partners for the Rafale deal and asserted that the French firms have the full freedom to select Indian companies for the contract. Sao far the Prime Minister has not spoken on this issue.

 “We don’t want to hear from the Defence Minister, Finance Minister. The one who is supposed to speak is quiet (maun vratt). The Prime Minister has to respond to these questions,” Sharma said.

The Reliance group has rejected charges against it made by the Congress and said the government was in no way involved in securing its offset contract with Dassault Aviation.