Rafale deal: Rahul a serial liar, manufacturer of fake news, says Goyal

Piyush Goyal said the govt was not concerned with who Dassault gave the offset contract to

Responding to Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s allegations on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale fighter jet deal, Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on Friday accused the Congress chief of being a “serial liar” and “manufacturer of fake news”. Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi’s accusations, Goyal said his repeated lies could not substitute the truth of the deal.

When asked if the BJP would file a defamation case against the Congress chief, Goyal said: “It’s a thought worth considering.” He pointed to comments of Rafale’s French manufacturer Dassault Aviation’s CEO Eric Trappier rejecting Rahul Gandhi’s allegations. He also claimed that the