Congress president Rahul Gandhi is expected to meet Hal employees in Bengaluru today. Even as Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is on her way back from her trip to France after meeting her French counterpart and visiting the Dassault aviation's Rafale facility. There has been constant exchange of barbs between the congress and the BJP with Rahul in his latest accusation slamming the govt of a cover up job by sending the defence minister to France. The interaction has been scheduled at 3.30 pm. Gandhi will speak about how the Centre “favoured reliance” over Hal in the deal.