<span style="color: #222222;">Four BJP MPs have submitted a privilege notice against Congress President Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of misleading Parliament by making false allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Anurag Thakur, Dushyant Singh and Prahalad Joshi have given the notice to the Speaker.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the rules of the House, Mr Gandhi should have given prior notice before making any allegations against any member. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar had said that Mr Gandhi should have given substantiating material to the Speaker. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">While speaking in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the no-confidence motion against the government, Rahul had alleged that Ms Sitharaman had lied to the nation by claiming that India was bound by a secrecy clause in the Rafale fighter jet deal signed with France. Mr Gandhi said the French president had clearly conveyed to him that there was no problem in sharing details relating to the Rafale deal worth 58,000 crore rupees.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Alleging corruption in the deal, the Congress has been demanding details, including the cost of equipment and weapons, but the government has refused to share them citing the secrecy clause.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Countering his allegations, Ms Sitharaman said all charges were absolutely wrong" and added that the initial agreement for the deal which had the secrecy clause was signed when the UPA was in power in 2008. The NDA government had signed a deal with France-based Dassault Aviation to purchase 36 Rafale jets.</span><br />