Stepping up the attack on the Congress, BJP on Tuesday said that there was a nexus between Rahul Gandhi's brother in law Robert Vadra and arms dealer and middleman Sanjay Bhandari due to which the Rafale deal with French firm was cancelled in 2012.

"Bhandari, who has close links with Vadra, formed a company named Offset India Solutions (OIS) in 2008 and he formed a joint venture with Rafaut as he tried to enter into an offset clause in the Rafale fighter jets deal through the back door," Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sambit Patra told the media.