Left parties Friday said that only a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale fighter jet deal can bring out the truth, hours after the Supreme Court dismissed petitions challenging the multi-billion defence pact between India and France.
"The truth about the Rafale scam will only come out through the mechanism of a JPC. We reiterate our long-standing demand for a JPC. Modi's refusal to have a JPC is the biggest evidence of guilt (sic)," CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury wrote on Twitter.
The party posted on its official Twitter handle that the SC verdict was not a clean chit to the Narendra Modi government.
"SC has merely stated that it doesnt have Jurisdiction under Article 32 of the Constitution. Only a JPC can uncover the truth about #RafaleScam," it tweeted.
D Raja, national secretary of the CPI, said that Parliament was supreme in a democracy and the government should agree to a JPC probe into the defence deal to ensure that the truth is revealed.
"Parliament is supreme in our democracy. All opposition parties have been demanding a JPC probe into the Rafale fighter jet deal. Why cannot the government agree on a JPC probe? After all, the issue is related to the country's security. Let there be a JPC probe and the truth will come out," he said
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