Mr Jaitley, thanks for bringing the nation’s attention back to the GREAT #RAFALE ROBBERY! How about a Joint Parliam… https://t.co/hY2vrcE1kY — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1535544575000

Mr. Gandhi, you have not attempted to answer my questions on the ‘Rafale purchase in the interest of national secur… https://t.co/c43RxwoeKp — Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) 1535552156000

NEW DELHI: The BJP and the Congress on Wednesday engaged in another round of war of words over the Rafale defence deal with both the parties targeting each other.Responding to Arun Jaitley 's interview in the morning, Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter and dared the government to form a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the Rafale deal.While, BJP chief Amit Shah responded to Rahul's challenge with a "Jhoothi Party Congress" jibe, Jaitley questioned the credibility of JPCs.The BJP president also provided a proof, in the form of a video, where the Congress president is seen quoting different prices for the Rafale jet.“Your lies to fool the nation are self-evident when Rafale price you quote vary in Delhi, Karnataka, Raipur, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Parliament,” Shah added.The finance minister recalled that in 1987 the findings of a similar JPC had failed to deliver the desired results."Let me remind you of a JPC the Congress Government appointed in 1987 on the Bofors deal. It was headed by Mr. Shankaranand. It gave a report that the kickbacks were ‘winding up’ charges. The whole world rejected the findings of that JPC. Why a JPC to satisfy your falsehood?" he tweeted.Earlier today, rejecting Congress allegations of a scam in the Rafale fighter jet deal as "complete falsehood", finance minister Arun Jaitley said the aircraft price with weaponry and India-specific adaptations was now at least 20 per cent cheaper than that finalised by the UPA government.In a Facebook post, he accused the Congress of having seriously compromised national security by delaying the Rafale deal by over a decade and said the Congress and its President Rahul Gandhi were unaware of the Rafale deal facts."Is Rahul Gandhi aware of the aircraft price, which was quoted in 2007 in the L1 bid? Is he aware that there was an escalation clause, which by 2015 when the NDA struck the price deal, would have further escalated the price? Would not the escalation clause have continued to escalate the price till each of the aircraft was supplied? Have the significant exchange rate variations between rupee and euro during the same period been considered?" Jaitley said."Can Rahul Gandhi deny that when the add-ons such as India-specific adaptations, weaponry, are installed on the basic aircraft, the UPA price, which was mentioned in the 2007 L1 offer, would be at least 20 per cent costlier than the more favourable price negotiated by the NDA?" he added.Following Jaitley's defence, Congress leader Anand Sharma questioned why public-sector undertaking Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) was not given the Rafale contract."For him to say offset is not part of contract is wrong. Defence procurement policy is very clear. Vendor has to notify how offset liability will be discharged. DPP says it has to be defence PSU with experience in the sector, so only HAL had that," Sharma was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.