Senior Congress leader A K Antony on Tuesday accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "suppressing facts" on the Rafale deal and asked why the government was not setting up a joint parliamentary committee to investigate it. The former defence minister also accused the government of being "guilty" of "gravely compromising" national security in the Rafale fighter jet deal.

"Since, there is a growing perception that the Modi government's Rafale purchase deal has more skeletons in its closet, let there be joint parliamentary (JPC) probe to bring out the truth," Antony told the media. "In the JPC, the present government has got the majority. Why are they afraid? Let the JPC go through all the files. The JPC can call files and look through them to come out with the truth," the Congress leader said.