Modi faces open book Rafale deal exam in Parl tomorrow: Rahul Gandhi

He took to Twitter to post a list of questions for Modi to answer.

Taking a further dig, Rahul mocked if the PM would face them himself or send a proxy in his place to answer the same.

In the tweet, Rahul wrote: "Tomorrow, the PM faces an Open Book #RafaleDeal Exam in Parliament.

Here are the exam questions in advance:

Q1. Why 36 aircraft, instead of the 126 the IAF needed?

Q2. Why 1,600 Cr instead of 560 Cr per aircraft.

Q4. Why AA instead of HAL?

Will he show up? Or send a proxy?"

Earlier in the evening, Rahul threw an open challenge to Modi to debate on the controversial Rafale deal (buying of 36 fighter jets by India from France).

Holding a press conference, Rahul, reiterating "Chowkidar chor hai (watchman is thief), said: "I would like to debate with the Prime Minister one-on-one on Rafale. Just give me 20 minutes to debate on Rafale and decide what is what. But he doesn't have the guts. He doesn't even meet you (media)."

On Wednesday, the Congress has brought out a tape which a Goa minister purportedly claims that former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar possesses files with all the of the India-France Rafale jet deal.

In the audio clip, which Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjwala had played before reporters earlier, Goa minister Vishwajit Rane purportedly speaks to ‘X’, saying chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who was Defence Minister at the time of the Rafale agreement, has all files in his bedroom and is holding the Modi government to ransom and not leaving his post despite illness.  

Though Rahul tried to play it in the Lok Sabha, the Speaker asked the Congress chief to authenticate the tape before playing it after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised an objection.

In a sharp attack against the Prime Minister, Rahul said: "The country knows the truth. Narendra Modiji can't hide and the truth will remain as it is."