The government on Friday accused the Congress of misleading the nation on the Rafale jet deal and tarnishing the country's image internationally and demanded an apology from its President Rahul Gandhi.

The government's attack came in the Lok Sabha soon after a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi's junked four petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets in a fly-away condition from Dassault Aviation.