In a couple of tweets, Lalu alleged that the deal "smacks of nepotism and kickbacks" and charged the BJP with "parking huge funds for elections with such secret deals".
Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala also accused the government of "doublespeak" and "sacrificing" national interests.
The Congress has claimed that there is a huge scam in the NDA government's procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, a charge the government has denied.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also advised Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to "learn" from former defence minister Pranab Mukherjee "lessons on national security."
Referring to Modi's speeches in Parliament yesterday, Rahul Gandhi told reporters that it was clear that the prime minister was not interested in answering "fundamental questions".
In an official statement issued shortly after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi reiterated his allegations of corruption in the deal, the ministry said demands of Rafel deal details were unrealistic.
Earlier today, PM Modi, while replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address, accused opposition of diving the country and said that his party is still paying for it.
The government today termed as "motivated" and "baseless" the controversy over the Rafale deal and asserted that the fighter jets have been bought at better terms.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday accused former Defence Minister A K Antony of creating a "logjam" over the Rafale fighter jet deal.
Arun Jaitley was referring to Ottavio Quattrocchi, the Italian businessman believed to be involved in the Bofors scam which came to light when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister.
Sonia Gandhi had on Monday accused PM Narendra Modi of sabotaging the Winter Session on flimsy grounds by "locking the temple of democracy".
The Congress party recently raised several questions on the deal including the rates, and charged the government with compromising national interest and security while promoting "crony capitalism" and causing a loss to the public exchequer.
India had inked an inter-governmental agreement with France in September last year for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore.
Surjewala asked how the prime minister took a "unilateral decision" on buying 36 aircraft of Dassault, bypassing the mandatory defence procurement procedure and in the absence of an inter-governmental agreement with France at that time.
The Congress has raised several questions over the Rafale aircraft deal, including the rates, and had accused the government of compromising national interest.
Yesterday, the Indian Air Force had said that there was "no overpricing" in the Rafale purchase as the government had "negotiated a very good" deal for the French fighter aircraft.
BJP dismissed the allegation, claiming it was intended to "divert attention" as party bigwigs faced the prospect of being questioned in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scandal.
Rahul also alleged that the aircraft was being purchased at much higher rates than what was decided after the completion of the tender process under the previous UPA government.
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