BJP, Congress lock horns over CAG Rajiv Mehrishi's role in Rafale deal

The CAG is likely to submit its report on Rafale deal on Monday, after which it would be tabled in Parliament

An imminent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Rafale deal has triggered a war of words between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. 

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday accused CAG Rajiv Mehrishi of conflict of interest. 

Sibal said how could Mehrishi “investigate himself,” since he had been the Union Finance (Economic Affairs) Secretary when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Rafale deal in April 2015. 

“The same CAG was involved as finance secretary in harming the national security when the deal was struck in 2015. The same CAG would present the report,” Sibal