Arun Jaitley hit out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for repeatedly 'lying' over rafale deal

Sep 20, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday hit out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for more than once 'lying' by making allegations over the Rafale deal.

"The campaign of falsehood is totally led by the Congress President. His strategy is simple- come up with a lie and repeat it as many times. This, at least, gives him some devised material to his statements/speeches for otherwise an issueless Congress," Jaitley said.

He included: "If the 'Rafale concoctions' were the first big lie, the second one expressed over and again is that Mr. Modi postponed off rupees two lakh fifty thousand crores of fifteen industrialists. Every word of that sentence over and over articulated by Rahul Gandhi is false."

Attacking Rahul, Jaitley said that open talk is a genuine movement and not a giggling challenge. "You lied on the Rafale deal, you lied on the NPAs. Your temperament to create realities brings up a genuine issue – do people whose natural preference is lie have the right to be a part of public discourse. public discourse is a serious activity. It is not a laughter challenge. It can't be reduced to a hug, a wink or repetition of falsehood. The world's largest democracy must seriously introspect whether public discourse should be allowed to be polluted by the falsehood of a 'Clown Prince'," he said..