Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee affairs in-charge Oommen Chandy demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should resign immediately following the huge scam in the Defence deal on purchase of Rafale fighter jets worth thousands of crores of rupees.
Chandy alleged that the Defene deal with a French firm causes huge loss to the exchequer endangering the national security. He demanded that probe should be conducted with a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the whole episode.
He along with PCC chief N Raghuveera Reddy, former Central ministers, the MLAs and other leaders staged dharna at the Lenin centre on Monday protesting against the deal made by the Union Government.
Chandy alleged that the government decided to purchase 36 jets from Dassault Aviation even without calling for tenders. He said the unilateral decision would be beneficial to the Reliance company and it would be a great loss to the country.