Former Defence Minister and current Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, knows a "whole lot of things" about the controversial Rafale fighter jet deal, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Saturday.

Asked to substantiate an allegation by state Congress President Girish Chodankar that the BJP national leadership had not been able to replace the ailing Parrikar as CM because the latter knew "dirty secrets" about the Rafale deal cracked during his tenure, Surjewala said that Parrikar "knows a whole lot of things".