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Comments of France former President Francois Hollande that Indian government proposed Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as its partner in the multi-million dollar Rafale deal has caught the Narendra Modi led Centre in a crossfire, with the opposition demanding his resignation. Hollande was quoted in French website Mediapart where he said they had no choice and took the interlocutor which was given, stirring a row.

Diving into the controversy over Rafale Deal, French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wasn't in power when the agreement was inked and maintained it was a government-to-government discussion. A row erupted over Reliance Defence's involvement in the project after Francois Hollande's remarks.

The SC today adjourned hearing on a plea seeking a stay on the Rafale fighter jet deal between India-France. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha, and KM Joseph adjourned the matter till Oct-10 after petitioner M L Sharma said that he wanted to file some additional documents in the case.