NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the CEO of Dassault Aviation is "lying" and the company gave Rs 284 crore to a loss-making company of Anil Ambani as first tranche of "kickbacks".

In an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress president, without naming anyone, said that the CEO of the French aviation firm is protecting the "only one man — the one who is running the country".

"Dassault invested Rs 284 crore in the company of Anil Ambani. He bought land with the same money. This is clear that Dassault CEO is lying. Why did they invest Rs 284 crore in a loss-making company," the Congress president asked.

"The Dassault CEO had said the reason HAL wasn't given the contract was because Anil Ambani had land. Now it turns out that the land that Anil Ambani had was purchased by money given by Dassault," Rahul added.

He also questioned the intents of the government for not releasing the price of the fighter jets.

The Congress president alleged that the both PM Modi and Ambani are working in a partnership on the Rafale deal , which he called as "an open and a shut case".

"If an inquiry starts on this, Mr Modi is not going to survive it. Guaranteed. One, because of corruption. Two, because it's very clear who the decision maker was...It was Narendra Modi and it was a deal done by Narendra Modi to give Anil Ambani Rs 30000 crore," Rahul said.

