New Delhi, Feb 11 (UNI) Sharpening its attack on the NDA on the deal for rafale fighter jets, the Congress on Monday said latest revelations that the NDA Government removed the anti-corruption clause from the agreement made it clear that there was corruption in the deal.

Talking to reporters here, AICC spokesperson Manish Tewari, referring to a report in a national daily that that the Rafale deal between India and France involved major and unprecedented concessions from the Indian government, with critical provisions for anti-corruption penalties and making payments through an escrow account dropped days before the signing of the inter-governmental agreement (IGA), said,’’we want to know why would the Narendra Modi want to remove the anti-corruption clause from the deal . We feel that this is because there is a clear corruption in the deal.’’