Nirmala Sitharaman
3 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Nirmala Sitharaman”, published in January 2019. They are filed mainly under BJP, Congress, news. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi trade barbs over Rafale debate and the defence minister
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, at a rally in Rajasthan on Wednesday, ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for leaving it to a woman, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, to defend the government in the parliamentary debate on Rafale. Modi hit back at a rally in Agra, accusing Gandhi of insulting the country’s first woman defence minister. The exchange Gandhi said the chowkidar with the 56-inch chest had fled and asked Sitharaman to defend him because he could not defend himself. He also attacked the Prime Minister over the Rafale deal. Responding inRead More
Rahul Gandhi says no one can save Modi from Rafale probe after Alok Verma reinstated
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said nobody could shield Prime Minister Narendra Modi from an investigation into the Rafale deal, on the day CBI Director Alok Verma was restored to his post by the Supreme Court. He claimed the country would learn beyond doubt that Modi had taken Rs 30,000 crore of public money and given it to his friend Anil Ambani. What Gandhi said Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Gandhi alleged that the CBI chief was removed at 1 am because he was about to start investigating the Rafale agreement.Read More
Rafale will bring Modi back to power, Nirmala Sitharaman tells Lok Sabha
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replied for nearly two hours to a heated debate on the Rafale jet deal in Parliament, accusing the Congress of abandoning an earlier deal for 126 jets while in power because it did not get money, and of putting what she called treasury security ahead of national security. Sitharaman’s reply Referring to the Bofors scandal that broke in 1986, when Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi’s father, headed the government, she said: “Bofors was a scam and Rafale is not a scam.” She said the Congress had lostRead More
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