Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad rejected the Congress demand for a probe into the Rafale fighter jet deal on Wednesday, saying an inquiry cannot be set up only to satisfy the ego of an "ill-informed" leader of the Opposition party, who "repeats lies".

He also said former Defence Minister A K Antony has a lot to answer for keeping the public-sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which was to be offset partner of the French maker of Rafale jets, in the lurch despite being in office for eight years.