Minister of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday watched film "Uri: The Surgical Strike" with war veterans at a Bengaluru mall.

JPC for issues like the 2G Spectrum or Bofors were set up in the past following aspects like money trail and related bank account in Switzerland published extensively by the media, Sitharaman said.

The K-9 Vajra is one of the two howitzers to have been inducted into the Army after a long gap of more than 30 years following the shadow of the Bofors scandal.

The decision to induct women in the military police with an aim to enhance their representation in the armed forces was announced by Army Chief General Bipin Rawat last year.

Hitting out at Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for reportedly stating that no major terror attack took place during the BJP-led government's rule, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram asked whether she was giving a clean chit to Pakistan in the Pathankot and Uri attacks.

Speaking on the party's political resolution on the last day of the two-day Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Convention here, she also accused the Congress of seeking help from Pakistan to remove Modi as the Prime Minister and said it was possible only under Modi's leadership that the country could foresee a bright future.

In his public meeting a few hours later in Agra, Modi accused Congress leaders of insulting the country's women.

Little did Rahul Gandhi know that his comments on Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during debate on Rafale deal in Parliament would evoke a bashing from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who accused the Congress President of insulting the women of the country.   

“When you tell one lie, you need to keep spinning out more lies, to cover up the first one. In her eagerness to defend the PM's Rafale lie, the RM lied to Parliament. Tomorrow, RM must place before Parliament documents showing 1 Lakh crore of Govt orders to HAL. Or resign,” tweeted Gandhi.

The BJP and the Congress have been engaged in a bitter duel on the purchase of the Rafale fighter aircraft from France, with the latter alleging inflated prices and kickbacks and the former defending it as one conforming to rules.

"Tomorrow, RM must place before Parliament documents showing 1 Lakh crore of Govt orders to HAL. Or resign," he said.

Two days after Sitharaman made the claims in the Lok Sabha on Friday, Gandhi took to Twitter to question her claims, tagging a media report that said "no actual order has been placed". 

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera levelled the allegation at a press conference held at the party's headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday, a day after Sitharaman rebutted the Congress' charges on the deal, and accused the rival party of spreading "falsehood" on the issue.

Goyal has been given the responsibility for Puducherry, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The Congress has alleged irregularities in the deal for 36 aircraft and claimed that the Narendra Modi government is buying them at a price much higher than the one that was being negotiated by the previous government. 

She accused the Congress of compromising with national security in the interest of the party's "treasury" while deciding on buying 126 fighter jets.

This country needs to know that defence purchases are national security related and very important, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while speaking during debate on Rafale jet deal in Lok Sabha.

Hitting out at the Gandhi family for alleging corruption in the defence contract, she said that they showed "amazing audacity" by not listening to the Supreme Court's verdict in the case.

Sitharaman’s statement came after the the Supreme Court dismissed petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the 36 Rafale fighter jets deal with French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation.