New Delhi:  A day after French news portal Mediapart reveals the kickbacks paid to a middlemen in Rafale deal, blamed the Indian investigating agency not taking any action against corrupt people, both Congress and BJP started mudslinging each other.

The BJP has alleged that according to Mediapart report, the alleged kickback was paid before 2013, it means Congress has taken kickbacks, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that Indian National Congress means (I need Commission). However on the other hand Congress alleged that BJP is trying to cover up its alleged corruption in the Rafale deal.

"INC (Indian National Congress) means 'I need Commission'. It would not be an over-projection that during the UPA tenure, they had a deal within every deal and they could still not strike a deal," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told reporters here on Tuesday.

The Congress said: "The latest revelations in Operation Cover-up reveal the dubious nexus between (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi government-CBI-Enforcement Directorate to bury the Rafale Corruption.", NDTV reported.

Mediapart said in its latest report that French plane-maker Dassault paid at least 7.5 million euros (nearly ₹ 650 million) in bribes to a middleman to help secure the sale of 36 Rafale fighter jets to India and Indian agencies failed to investigate it despite the presence of documents.

Mediapart, which been investigating allegations of corruption in the ₹ 59,000 crore Rafale deal, said the bulk of the alleged payments were made before 2013.