Reliance Defence issued a statement saying that the "proposed MoU" mentioned in a purported email cited by Congress chief was a reference to its cooperation with Airbus Helicopter and not with the Rafale jet deal.
Madhavan's reply came when he was asked to clarify whether Hindustan Aeronautics Limited had been deprived of an offset contract from the Rafale deal.
Rahul Gandhi also alleged that CBI chief Alok Verma was removed as he wanted to investigate the deal.
The first hearing in the matter, NDTV informed the exchanges, is scheduled for 26 October in Ahmedabad City Civil Court.
However, Dassault has declined the claim by the media report and reiterated that it had 'freely chosen' Reliance Defence as the offset partner.
The controversy over the Rafale deal escalated after Hollande said that France had no role in the selection of Anil Ambani's company as India offset partner for Rafale-maker Dassault.
Hollande, who left office in May last year, said on Friday during a trip to India that French jet manufacturer Dassault Aviation had been given no choice about its local partner in a 2016 deal with the Indian administration.
Antton Rouget said Hollande told him it was the Indian government that had proposed the name of Reliance.
The Congress and other opposition parties latched on to the report and stepped up their attack on the Modi government over the deal.
A war of words has broken out between the Congress and the BJP on the Rafale aircraft deal, even sucking…
