New Delhi: BJP party’s four lawmakers have submitted a privilege notice against Congress party Chief Rahul Gandhi by accusing him of “misleading” Parliament of the country by making “false” allegations against the Prime Minister along with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The Speaker of the of the Lower House was handed over the notice by BJP Members of Parliament Nishikant Dubey, Anurag Thakur, Dushyant Singh and Prahalad Joshi.

According to the rules for running the House, Mr. Gandhi was required to have given prior notice before raising any allegations against any member. He should have provided substantiating material to the Speaker, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said. He further added that the notice for a privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi will be issued for “falsehood and misleading” Parliament.

During the debate on the no-confidence motion against the government, while speaking in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Gandhi had alleged that Ms. Sitharaman had uttered lies to the nation by telling that India was bound by a secrecy clause in the Rafale fighter jet deal signed with the country of France.

Mr. Gandhi stated that the President of France had conveyed clearly to him that there was not at all any problem in sharing details that relate to the Rafale deal worth Rs. 58,000 crore.

The Congress party has been demanding details into the deal by alleging that there was corruption in the deal which included the cost of equipment and weapons. But the government has refused to share any of the details by citing the secrecy clause.

His allegations were countered by Ms. Sitharaman that all charges were absolutely wrong and further added that the agreement initially for the deal which contained the secrecy clause was signed when the UPA alliance was in power at the center back in 2008.

According to the BJP leaders, Mr. Gandhi’s accusations that PM Modi benefited one industrialist in the Rafale deal and ‘betrayed’ the Army of India in Doklam were among those several defamatory allegations against Prime Minister Modi that he made. The motion of privilege by them against him would also include all these “unsubstantiated” charges.

The NDA government at the center had inked a deal with France-based Dassault Aviation to buy 36 Rafale jets.

Rahul Gandhi had put up many allegations against Prime Minister Modi during his speech in parliament. After his stunt, he went towards the Prime Minister and gave him a hug indicating that he just wanted to convey his message against the misdoings of the government and is not against anyone personally.

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