India missing Rafale most now, feeling need of those fighter jets: PM Modi

Says enemies within and outside the country are scared

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Opposition of playing politics over the Rafale deal, saying the entire country was now feeling the need of these fighter planes.

“The country has felt the shortage of Rafale jets. Today, India is asking in one voice what could have happened if we had Rafale. First selfish policies and then politics over the Rafale deal have harmed the nation,” Modi said at the India Today Conclave in the national capital.

The PM’s remarks came days after the Indian Air Force (IAF) struck the biggest training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad inside Pakistan in a