mumbai the ncp said on thursday that its chief sharad pawar has not given any clean chit to prime minister narendra modi on rafale issue after the opposition leaders reported remarks that people have no doubts over the prime ministers intentions in the dealnationalist congress party ncp spokesperson nawab malik also reiterated the partys demands that the central government disclose the price of the fighter jets and a joint parliamentary committee jpc probe the matterin an interview to a marathi news channel pawar had said that he didnt think that people have doubts about modis intentions in the rafale dealpawar a former defence minister had also said that the oppositions demand to share technical details relating to the fighter jets made no sense he however said there was no harm for the government to disclose prices of the aircraftmalik said on thursday that the media reports over pawars statement are confusing and misleadinghe pawar has not made any statement defending modi nor has he given any clean chit in the rafale deal matter the ncp leader saidmalik said what pawar meant was that people initially didnt have doubts about the prime ministerwhat pawar saheb said was that the way the matter is being hushed up by the government and attention of people from the issue is being diverted the doubt is deepening malik saidin his interview pawar had also said that the way defence minister nirmala sitharaman presented the governments side led to confusion in the minds of peoplequoting pawar malik said the government should share information about escalation of the fighter jets pricethe way the bjp had insisted on forming a jpc in the bofors deal in the 1980s it should now allow formation of such a committee in connection with the rafale issue too malik demandedhis remarks came even as bjp chief amit shah lauded sharad pawars comments and asked congress president rahul gandhi to believe his own ally who has put national interests above party politicsi thank sharad pawar a former defence minister and veteran mp for placing national interests above party politics and speaking the truth dear rahul gandhi you would be wiser by believing your own ally and a leader of pawar sahebs stature amit shah tweetedhe tagged the congress president in his tweet which also attached a news story on pawars comments meanwhile malik said ncp workers will observe a maun vrat vow of silence for three hours on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of mahatma gandhi on october 2the congress has launched an offensive against the bjp government over the rafale deal with france alleging corruption and violation of rulesthe opposition party has accused the government of causing loss to the public exchequer and endangering national security by bypassing staterun hindustan aeronautics limited hal in favour of some businessman friends for awarding the offset contractthe government as denied the charges