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Controversy in high places

"Flying Lies" dives into practically every dimension of the Rafale deal, producing an invaluable treatise on defence procurement in the process

Controversy in high places
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Flying Lies: The Rafale Deal

Ajai Shukla
Flying Lies: The Rafale Deal
Authors
: Ravi Nair with Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Publisher: Paranjoy, 2022
Pages: 532
Price: Rs 795

In the run-up to the 2019 general election, the alleged “Rafale scandal” dominated the political headlines. The Opposition, led by the Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, mounted a high-decibel campaign accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of corruption and mismanagement in the purchase of medium fighters for the Indian Air Force (IAF). Television news channels repeatedly debated whether the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters from French aerospace giant, Dassault, for a whopping 7.8 billion euros was within the rules; or

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