Congress leader and senior advocate Kapil Sibal. | File

New Delhi: Even as Congress president Rahul Gandhi continues to attack businessman Anil Ambani in connection with the Rafale deal, Congress leader and senior advocate Kapil Sibal defends him in the Supreme Court “in a professional capacity”.

Speaking to Times Now, Sibal said, “Yes, in Parliament I am against him but here (in court) I am representing him in a professional capacity.”

This, however, sends a distress signal as it shows the duplicity of the Congress party where when the entire Opposition has taken on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged involvement in the Rafale deal, a senior party member is closely affiliated to the businessman in contention.

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Reliance Communication (RCom) chairman Anil Ambani leaves from Supreme Court after appearing before it in a contempt petition filed by Ericsson India over not clearing its dues of Rs 550 crore after selling its assets to Reliance Jio. He will appear before SC again tomorrow pic.twitter.com/ozlb0g3mtC — ANI (@ANI) February 12, 2019

Gandhi on Tuesday addressed the media on the issue of the Rafale fighter jet deal and the Comptroller and Auditor General report pertaining to the case which was presented before President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday evening and tabled in the Rajya Sabha today.

The Rafale fighter jet deal has led to a massive political controversy in the country ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, with Rahul Gandhi alleging massive corruption in the inter-governmental agreement inked between India and France.

The report has the price details of the aircraft, however, the same is likely to be removed before the report is made public, citing secrecy clauses. Citing sources, Times Now channel reported that the two-volume report, which also throws light upon 10 other acquisitions of the IAF, is unlikely to elaborate further upon the price of the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between India and France.