NEW DELHI – Former French President Francois Hollande’s stunning claims onRafale deal sparked a major political storm in India on Friday.

In an interview to a French investigative news site Mediapart, Hollandeclaimed that it was the Indian government that had proposed the name ofAnil Ambani’s company for the Rafalde deal and that it had no choice inthis matter.

The statement gave the Congress ultimate fodder in the election year withthe party saying that the former French president’s statement exposes Modigovernment’s lies in the multi-crore fighter jet deal.

Slamming the NDA government, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said that the PMhad betrayed India and ‘dishonoured the blood of our soldiers.’

Gandhi took to Twitter to blast the government and said that, ‘the PMpersonally negotiated & changed the #Rafale deal behind closed doors.’

‘Thanks to François Hollande, we now know he personally delivered a dealworth billions of dollars to a bankrupt Anil Ambani,’ he added