New Delhi: French Judge has been appointed to lead a highly sensitive judicial probe into alleged corruption and favouritism in the ₹ 59,000 crore Rafale Jet deal with India. Congress party seeking a joint Parliamentary Committee investigation after a French news website published a report on Rafale Jet deal probe.

Speaking to the media persons on Saturday Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should order the investigation. Corruption in the Rafale deal has come out clearly now.

The stand of the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi has been vindicated today after the French government ordered a probe, he said. When the French government has accepted that there is corruption in the deal, should a JPC probe be not held in the country where the corruption took place he added. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told reporters on Saturday, that BJP termed the Congress’s latest round of attacks over the Rafale deal as lies.

According to the news agencies report, France’s National Financial Prosecutors’ Office on Friday said it will look into alleged corruption in the sale of Rafale jets to India. French judicial institution was created in December 2013 to track down serious economic and financial crimes.

France’s Dassault Aviation had initially won a contract in 2012 to supply 126 jets to India and had been negotiating with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Later, HAL was replaced by Reliance Group and a new contract for 36 jets was finalized. The announcement to buy the 36 jets was made in an India-France joint statement when PM Modi visited France in April 2015.