Interestingly, the Winter Session will start the day counting of votes will take place for Assembly elections in five states.
Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders had been demanding to know the exact price at which each Rafale aircraft was bought. The government has already conveyed the price to the Supreme Court.
Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier on Tuesday defended the Rafale deal and claimed that there was no wrong-doing in the Rs 58,000 crore deal.
In a letter, they said there was concern over the "unconscionable" and "unwarranted delay" in bringing out the audit reports on demonetisation and the Rafale fighter jet deal, and the reports should be tabled before Parliament in the Winter Session.
Rahul Gandhi claimed the Centre has submitted a 14-page document titled "Details of the steps in the decision making process leading to the award of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft order" to the Supreme Court.
The document titled "Details of the steps in the decision making process leading to the award of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft order" stated that the process as laid down in the Defence Procurement Procedure-2013 has been followed in procurement of the Rafale aircraft.
Process as laid down in Defence Procurement Procedure-2013 followed in procurement of Rafale aircraft, says govt doc submitted to petitioner as per SC order
On the last day of campaigning in the poll-bound state of Chhattisgarh, the Congress scion alleged that industrialist Anil Ambani's only qualification to bag the contract was his friendship with the 'chowkidar' PM.
Bhushan, along with former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into the Rafale deal.
In a fresh salvo against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress scion said that if an inquiry starts on the Rafale deal, the Prime Minister is not going to survive the probe.
"Rafale is an open and shut case and there is only one man who has done corruption," Rahul Gandhi said.
Pricing and weaponry details of fighter jets are confidential issues that are directly related to national security and disclosure of these in public could harm national interests.
The directions were passed on October 10 on the two PILs filed by lawyers M L Sharma and Vineet Dhanda.
In an interview, Trappier said that Dassault Aviation gad chosen Reliance as a partner.
"Congress has lost all hopes of becoming relevant and it has also lost patience. And therefore in their dreams also they are dreaming only about Rafale", Javadekar told reporters at the party headquarters.
The three filed a petition in the apex court seeking an FIR in the Rafale deal issue. They have alleged 'criminal misconduct' by high public functionaries.
In its review document, the Ministry of Defence has found that the HAL-made Su-30 MKI of the Indian Air Force is about Rs 150 crore costlier than its Russian counterparts produced by the JSC Sukhoi Company.
In connection with the deal, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group has denied the Congress' allegations.
Speaking at a farmers' panchayat in Tawli village Sunday evening, he said questions were being asked why an experienced company like the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was set aside and a new company got the contract for the Rafale deal.
HAL's statement comes against the backdrop of Congress President Rahul Gandhi's interaction with its present and past employees on the Rafale deal.
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