Congress President Rahul Gandhi accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" on HAL's capability to build Rafale aircraft and demanded her resignation. The Congress chief took to Twitter to attack Sitharaman, alleging that her position as the defence minister has become untenable as a former chief of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has "nailed her lie".

"The Rafale minister tasked with defending corruption has been caught lying again. Former HAL Chief, T S Raju, has nailed her lie, that HAL didn't have the capability to build the Rafale. Her position is untenable and she must resign," he tweeted and tagged a media report on the former HAL chief's assertion.