Rafale: Speaker receives privilege notice against Rahul, will look into it

Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, July 23

The ongoing tug of war between the BJP and Congress over Rafale fighter jet deal is all set to become intense with the Lok Sabha Speaker on Monday saying she had received a notice of privilege against Rahul Gandhi and will look into it.

“I have received a notice and will look into it,” the Speaker told reporters both inside and outside the Lok Sabha.
The notice has been moved by BJP members Nishikant Dubey, Anurag Thakur, Dushyant Singh and Prahlad Joshi.

The allegation against Gandhi is that he misled the House on Rafale deal during the debate on no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.

The notice also says that Gandhi “levelled unsubstantiated allegations against both the PM and Defence Minister and must produce evidence for what he said or face privilege for lying”.

Gandhi had claimed in the lok Sabha that the French President personally told him that there was no secrecy deal around Rafale.

The privilege notice against Gandhi accusing him of “misleading” the House on the jet deal was anticipated as Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar had hinted to that on Friday.