Congress Getting High TRPs in Pakistani TVs, Says Arun Jaitley

New Delhi, March 7: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lashed out at the Congress and its President Rahul Gandhi for repeatedly raking up the Rafale fighter jet deal and said the questions raised on the issue were meant to divert public attention from the comments made by Congress leaders "against national security".

"The Congress has in the last few days through statements of its senior leaders boxed itself into a corner in a very difficult situation. They are getting high TRPs in Pakistani TVs. But there is a revulsion as far as domestic opinion in India is concerned," Jaitley said. Pervez Musharraf Admits Pakistan Intel Used JeM to Carry Out Attacks in India During His Tenure.

He was responding to query on Gandhi's demand that an investigation against Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be carried out for conducting parallel negotiations and delaying the delivery of the Rafale fighter jets to India.

Jaitley said that the government had repeatedly made its position clear on the issue, the Supreme Court had spoken on it and the CAG had already analysed it.

"The petitioners are taking one more chance. No dynast can claim that he is above Supreme Court or CAG and that verdicts and findings don't apply," he said.

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh had demanded that India release evidences of air strike in Pakistan as the US did after killing Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) bombed Pakistan's Balakot on February 26 in response to the February 14 terror attack in Kashmir which killed 40 Central Reserve Police Force troopers.

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