Rafale Deal
7 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Rafale Deal”, published between August 2018 and April 2019. They are filed mainly under BJP, Congress, news. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Rafale review: Supreme Court admits three ‘secret’ documents as evidence
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 10 April, turned down the Centre’s preliminary objections in the Rafale review case and allowed three classified documents to be considered as evidence while it re-examines its earlier Rafale order. The government’s objection During hearings that ended on 14 March, Attorney General KK Venugopal argued that certain papers the petitioners wanted to rely on were confidential and had been “stolen” from the Defence Ministry. He also said that the petitioners and the journalists who had published the papers had breached the Official Secrets Act. WhenRead More
Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of ‘treason’ over Rafale, cites Airbus email
Congress president Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of treason in connection with the Rafale deal. He cited an email which he said showed that industrialist Anil Ambani had been in Paris for a meeting with France’s defence minister 10 days ahead of the prime minister’s own visit, during which Modi announced the 36-jet deal. The allegation Speaking at a press conference in New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi said Anil Ambani knew about the deal at a time when even the Defence Minister and the Foreign Secretary did not. “PMRead More
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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