The Rafale fighter is a twin-engine Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft manufactured by French aerospace company Dassault Aviation.  

Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi for criticising Raman Singh over the purchase of smart phones for the Sanchar Kranti Scheme (SKY) in Chhattisgarh, Amit Shah said that it only exposed his ignorance.

“The waters of lake Mansarovar are so gentle, tranquil and calm. They give everything and lose nothing. Anyone can drink from them. There is no hatred here. This is why we worship these waters in India,” he said in another tweet.

The minister also targeted RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is currently serving prison term in the fodder scam cases.

Choubey, known for making controversial statements, said the way Gandhi has been speaking, it appears he has lost his mental balance.

The plane had developed a technical snag on April 26, following which Congress demanded a probe into the "suspicious and faulty performance" of the aircraft before landing at the Hubballi airport in north Karnataka.

"Ye rishta kya kehlata hai?" BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said mockingly and added that Rahul Gandhi must explain his love for China.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi clubbed demonetisation with Rafale deal to allege that these were 'scams' meant to favour what he called 'crony capitalists' close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Dear Mr. Jaitley, I guess your boss refused to hold a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the GREAT RAFALE ROBBERY? Too much to hide, too scared to face the people, I suppose...,” Gandhi scion tweeted on Thursday.

Terming demonetisation the country's "biggest scam", Gandhi alleged that money was taken from common people and given to "crony capitalists".

Earlier in the day, Rahul reminded Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely that less than six hours were left to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the Rafale deal.

Congress has no answer to Jaitley's assertion that the basic price at which NDA government acquired the Rafale aircraft was 20% cheaper than what was approved by the UPA regime.

The Congress chief's attack comes after Arun Jaitley termed the Congress' charges on the defence deal a "complete falsehood" in his blogpost.

During the Congress Core Group meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, compared RSS with 'poison' and said everyone knows the consequences of tasting it.

Rahul Gandhi had expressed his wish to undertake Kailsh Mansarovar yatra during ‘Jan Aakrosh’ rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on April 29 this year.

Earlier on Wednesday, Jaitley had said that Gandhi had converted the Rafale issue into a non-serious debate.

The finance minister said that Rahul Gandhi is himself not sure about what price of the jet to quote.

Talking to reporters in Kochi, Rahul Gandhi said India is witnessing a fight between 'centralised' and 'decentralised' visions.

Pune police on Tuesday raided the homes of at least nine rights activists and arrested five of them for alleged Maoist links in sweeping raids across the nation.

On a question about an alliance, he said the party is in discussion with the BSP and the common objective is to defeat the BJP.