Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressing a public gathering in Jhalawar, Rajasthan.

Talking about the CBI mess, Rahul said, "Kal raat chowkidar ne CBI ke director ko hataya kyunki CBI Rafale pe sawal utha rahi thi. CBI chief Alok Verma was collecting evidence on the Rafale scam. He was per force sent on leave.

"The message from the PM is clear. All those who come close to probing the Rafale deal will be removed.  The country and the Constitution are in danger," Rahul said.


The Congress said the CVC was being misused by the government since it has no power to interfere in appointments.


The Congress Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of interfering in the working of the CBI and wondered if its Director Alok Verma was "sacked" for his keenness to probe the "layers of corruption" in the Rafale scam.  Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Modi government has put the "last nail" in the independence of the CBI by removing Verma.


Systematic dismantling and denigrating of CBI is now complete. Once a premier investigating agency, PM ensures that CBI's integrity, credibility and reliability is 'buried and dead', he wrote on Twitter.


Has the CBI Director been sacked for his keenness to probe the layers of corruption in Rafale Scam? Isn't the rest a shoddy cover up? Let PM answer, he said in another tweet.


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, however, dismissed as "rubbish" allegations that Verma was removed because he wanted to look into the Rafale fighter jet deal.