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NEW DELHI: Following Rahul's scathing attack on the Modi government in Parliament, the BJP has decided to move a privilege motion against the Congress chief for levelling 'false allegations'."BJP MPs will move a privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi for putting forth falsehood and misleading the Parliament," BJP leader Ananth Kumar said."His behaviour was childish. He has grown old but it is unfortunate that he has not grown up. It is unfortunate that the president of Congress is so ill-informed and immature," Kumar added.Earlier today, the Congress chief, while addressing the Parliament, accused the Prime Minister of corruption, saying that the PM favours a small group of industrialists.Directly attacking PM over the, demonetisation and other issues, he went on to criticise the government's failure in providing employment and containing increase in petrol prices.Rahul accused BJP president Amit Shah's son Jay Shah of corruption. Rahul also accused the defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the Rafale defence deals with France.Gandhi's speech saw Treasury benches on feet, especially at the time when he spoke on the Rafale deal, taking the name of defense minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Gandhi accused that Sitharaman lied to the nation about the secrecy pact with the Government of France."When I met the President of France and asked him about the secrecy pact, he denied about it. Nirmala Sitharaman lied to the nation under PM's pressure on Rafale. Nirmalaji, please tell the nation who is being helped? Why was HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited removed from the deal?” Gandhi said. He further accused that the deal was to favour a particular businessman.Responding to Gandhi's accusations by name, a charged up Sitharaman later clarified the position on the deal.Replying to the allegationssaid the Gandhi was misleading the House. She added that a Secrecy Agreement with France was signed in 2008 (under the Congress-led government) and the Rafale deal was also covered in it.The NDA government had signed a deal with France based Dassault Aviation to purchase 36 Rafale jets, which is slated to be one of the world's biggest military procurements in recent history and could cost the Indian government USD 15 billion.