New Delhi: The political ruckus has once again started over Rafale fighter jets in India. The Congress Party has questioned the silence of Prime Minister Modi's government over the issue. During a press conference, it posed several questions to the government on the Rafale deal.
This comes after France opened an investigation into the allegations of bribery in the Rafale fighter jet deal worth Rs 69000 crores. A France-based NGO, Sherpa, flagged the alleged irregularities including the alleged bribes to middleman - Sushen Gupta, selection of Anil Ambani's Reliance as India partner, and the actions of former France President Francois Hollande, media reports said.
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Congress's National Spokesperson Pawan Khera on Sunday held a press conference and posed uncomfortable questions to the government. Khera has said that Prime Minister Modi who is famous for speaking on several issues, is silent on this matter. The Defense Minister of the country should come out and answer but he too is silent. The Rafale deal which was being fixed at Rs 570 crore per aircraft in the UPA government was fixed at Rs 1670 crore per aircraft in the Modi government, he said.
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The Congress party has once again demanded a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee in this matter. Khera said, it was decided to buy more than 100 aircraft under the previous UPA government, but the NDA government not only limited this deal to the purchase of only 36 aircraft and so far only 14 aircraft have been delivered.
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