New Delhi: Continuing attack on  Prime Minister Modi lead NDA over Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lied in Parliament that government orders worth Rs one lakh crore were provided to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), while demanding that she should either place the documents in support of her statement in the House or resign.

Rahul Gandhi Took to Twitter and wrote "When you tell one lie, you need to keep spinning out more lies, to cover up the first one. In her eagerness to defend the PM's Rafale lie, the RM lied to Parliament. Tomorrow, RM must place before Parliament documents showing 1 Lakh crore of Govt orders to HAL. Or resign.

Congress Chief attack came after a media report claimed that not a single rupee of the said Rs 1 lakh crore has come to HAL, since not a single order, as claimed, has been signed till now.

Gandhi has been aiming the government, alleging that it denied HAL an offset contract under the Rafale fighter jets deal with France, a charge the government has denied. The NDA government has accused the Congress of not supporting HAL during its rule and asserted that the government is now strengthening the defence public sector undertaking.