Page 11 - Rafale Deal

Indo-French group to settle dispute in executing IGA in Rafale deal

In the IGA, the French government has provided a 'Letter of Comfort' signed by the French prime minister

PM Modi 'frontman for corporate friends': Congress on Rafale deal

The Congress, which has alleged corruption and favouritism in the Rafale contract and accused the prime minister for it, also dubbed the fighter jet deal "opaque and flawed"

Nirmala Sitharaman criticises Congress attack on Rafale jet deal

She said the government had responded to every question asked by the Congress in Parliament regarding the deal

Defence Minister's remarks proves graft in Rafale deal, says Cong

Corporate interests over national interest has been the Modi government's "mantra", Priyanka Chaturvedi alleged

Newspaper report on Rafale price based on 'fudged arithmetic', says Jaitley

Arun Jaitley's comments came The Hindu reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to buy 36 aircraft instead of the 126 asked for by the IAF pushed the price of each jet up by 41.42%.

'People know everything': BJP, govt reject allegations about Rafale deal

Defence Ministry and Union Minister Smriti Irani respond to a newspaper report and allegations made by the Congress party.

Why Modi govt bought only 36 Rafale jets instead of 126, asks P Chidambaram

The government has compromised national security, said P Chidambaram

AAP MP Sanjay Singh moves SC seeking review of Rafale deal verdict

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker Sanjay Singh Monday moved the Supreme Court, seeking review of the verdict by which several pleas challenging the deal for procurement of Rafale fighter jets were dismissed. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, on December 14, had dismissed as many as four petitions challenging the deal and had said that there was no occasion to "really doubt the decision making process", warranting setting aside of the contract. Besides seeking review of the verdict, the Rajya Sabha lawmaker has also sought an open-court hearing on his review plea and initiation of contempt proceedings against persons who were responsible for allegedly "misleading" the court on sharing of price of the fighter jet. "The judgement relies upon patently incorrect claims made by the Respondent No.1 & 2 (Centre and Defence Ministry) in an unsigned note given in a sealed cover to the court without being shown to the petitioner which is a violation of principles of natural ...

Rahul insulting women by saying one of them defended me on Rafale: Modi

The watchman with a 56-inch chest ran away and told a woman, Sitharaman ji, defend me. I won't be able to defend myself, defend me, says Rahul at a rally

Michel was lobbying for Rafale rival; Cong should clarify: PM Modi

The onus is on the Congress to come clean on what is driving its allegations on the (Rafale) deal, Modi said at a rally in Solapur

Govt did not pay HAL for delivered products, but paid Dassault: Ahmed Patel

Stepping up the Congress's attack on the Centre over HAL's reported cash crunch, senior party leader Ahmed Patel on Monday alleged that the government had not paid the aerospace major for delivered products, but paid foreign vendors like Dassault for products yet to be delivered. The Congress and the BJP-led NDA government are involved in a war of words over the financial condition of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). "Very disturbing that Government has not paid HAL for products that have been delivered but paid foreign vendors like Dassault for products that are not yet delivered!," Patel said in a tweet. "As a result HAL is a broke & is borrowing money to pay salaries. Is this Make in India? (sic)," he said. The Congress has been targeting the government, alleging that it denied HAL an offset contract under the Rafale fighter jets deal with France, a charge the government has denied. On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ...

Sitharaman lied in Parliament on HAL; must show documents or resign: Rahul

Gandhi had on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of 'weakening' HAL to help his 'suit-boot' friend

Cong working at the behest of middlemen, its secrecy is now coming out: PM

Modi alleged that there was a conspiracy to weaken the country's defence forces during 2004-2014 and the revelation of facts was now 'paining' the Congress leaders

Defence Minister spoke for two hrs but couldn't answer two questions: Rahul

Stepping up his attack on the Modi government over the Rafale deal issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged all Indians to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers the questions he posed in Parliament on the fighter jet agreement with France. "RM (Raksha Marti) spoke for 2 hrs in Parliament, but she couldn't answer the 2 simple questions I asked her," Gandhi tweeted. He also posted a video of the two questions he posed to the defence minister in Parliament. Gandhi had asked who gave the offset contract to Anil Ambani and whether the defence ministry officials had raised an objection when the prime minister carried out a "bypass surgery" for the deal. He had asked Sitharaman to reply in a yes or no. Posting the video on his Twitter account, Gandhi said: "Watch & SHARE this video. Let every Indian ask the PM & his Ministers these questions." With his tweet, Gandhi used the hashtag "2SawalDoJawab". The Congress has alleged irregularities in the deal for .

Govt lied in SC on Rafale deal, Modi must respond in House: Cong's Kharge

Kharge alleged that the govt cited a non-existent CAG report on the Rafale deal to the apex court, but no such report was placed before the Public Accounts Committee

Rafale is in national interest, will bring Modi back in 2019: Sitharaman

Sitharaman alleged that the Congress government stalled the Rafale deal as it "didn't get money", and neglected national security concerns

Why buy 36 Rafale aircraft when IAF required 126: Chidambaram to govt

He said if the price negotiated by the BJP government was cheaper by 9 to 20%, 'logically the government should buy more aircraft'

Alphabet war in LS: If we have AA, you have Q and RV, Sitharaman tells Cong

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan had said that opposition leader Rahul Gandhi can not name businessman Anil Ambani in his speech in the parliament

There's a difference in dealing in defence and defence deals: Sitharaman

Congress is only shedding crocodile tears on the HAL not getting the offset contract as it did nothing to scale up the capacity of the state-run firm

If we win polls, criminal investigation will be launched in Rafale: Rahul

Gandhi also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of running away from the debate