The senior Congress leader alleged that the government was guility of committing breach of privilege of both Houses of Parliament

The Congress on Sunday said the Supreme Court should recall its Rafale judgment and issue notice to the Centre for “perjury and contempt of court as it provided false information to the top court.”

Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma told a press conference that the court “must immediately recall that judgment which is void.” It would be in the interest of the dignity of the Supreme Court to do so, Mr. Sharma said.

“This is unacceptable what has happened. Also it is important that the Supreme Court issue a notice of perjury to the Government and the officials concerned and the law officers. It must also issue contempt notice to the government,” he said.

Mr. Sharma alleged that the government had committed breach of privilege by claiming that the CAG report on Rafale pricing had been presented to the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament.

“There has been no CAG report,” he said and pointed out that leaders from the Congress had met the CAG a few months ago to demand a “forensic audit” of the global tender for the Rafale jets. Arguing that the government presented wrong facts to the court, Mr. Sharma said,“The Government, therefore, is guilty of breaching the privileges of Parliament by having claimed that the CAG has examined and given its report which has been further scrutinised by the PAC...all of this is false.”