Scaling up campaign on Rafale,Rahul interacts with HAL

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Press Trust of India Bengaluru
Last Updated : Oct 13 2018 | 7:10 PM IST

: Escalating his campaign against the Modi government over the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday accused it of destroying the "strategic asset"state-run aerospace company HAL and told its employees that "Rafale is your right."
Giving a new twist to his high-pitch Rafale campaign, Gandhi sought to reach out to present and former HAL employees, alleging that "temples of modern India are being attacked and destroyed; we cannot allow it to be done."
Gandhi told the gathering that he understood "deeply" that they were pained and hurt and "this is as important to me as any corruption or anything that has happened."

Speaking to reporters after the event,Gandhi said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talked about lack of experience of HAL, but had said anything about the lack of experience of Anil Ambani, "who has been never built a plane in his life."
"HAL has no debt, he has Rs 45,000 crore of debt. HAL has been working for 78 years. His company has been working for 12 days. So she has no comment about the person who got the contract. She has to comment about HAL's experience."

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First Published: Oct 13 2018 | 7:10 PM IST

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