Updated On: 06 January, 2019 07:05 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Gandhi had earlier dismissed Sitharaman's arguments defending the deal to procure 36 fighter jets from France and accused her of evading his questions on the controversial deal while debating the issue in Parliament

Nirmala Sitharaman
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly "spreading lies" and wondered if he would apologise in Parliament and resign.
"It's a shame that the president of Indian National Congress is spreading lies and misleading the country. The HAL has signed contracts worth Rs 26,570.8 crore between 2014 and 2018 and contracts worth Rs 73,000 crore are in the pipeline," she said in a tweet.