Page 12 - Rafale Deal

Rahul Gandhi to leave for Amethi after attending Rafale debate in Lok Sabha

The political atmosphere in Amethi is expected to be surcharged on Friday as the Congress president and Union Minister Smriti Irani are scheduled to visit the town at the same time

No controversy on Rafale issue except in the minds of Opposition: Swaraj

Unsatisfied by Swaraj's reply during the Question Hour, the Congress members including former prime minister Manmohan Singh staged a walkout

PM Modi has fled Parliament and his 'open book Rafale exam': Rahul Gandhi

Escalating his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the the Rafale deal issue, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Thursday said it seems the PM has "fled" his "open book Rafale exam" in Parliament and is instead lecturing students in Punjab. Gandhi's attack came a day after he said Modi faced an open book exam on the deal in Parliament and asked if he will show up at the exam or send a proxy. The Congress president had Wednesday also tweeted four questions related to the Rafale deal and demanded answers from the prime minister. "So it seems our PM has fled Parliament & his own open book Rafale exam & is instead lecturing students at Lovely University in Punjab, today," Gandhi tweeted on Thursday. He also urged students at the university to ask the prime minister to answer the four questions posed by him. Gandhi had tweeted, "Here are the exam questions in advance: Q1. Why 36 aircraft, instead of the 126 the IAF needed? Q2. Why 1,600 Cr instead of 560 Cr per aircraft. Q4. Why ..

Rafale deal: Audio clip sparks fresh round of verbal duel between BJP, Cong

Armed with an audio clip, containing purported conversation between a Goa minister and a journalist, Cong president launched a fresh attack on govt

Rahul Gandhi challenges PM Modi for debate on Rafale, face Parliament

Congress president Rahul Gandhi cites audio clip to allege that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was 'blackmailing' Modi

Oppn MP corrects Jaitley on Bond dialogue that Bond didn't deliver afterall

The dialogue was not delivered by James Bond, but by his nemesis Goldfinger in the 1964 movie starring Sean Connery as Bond and Gert Frobe as Goldfinger

Audio clip sparks Rafale firestorm in Lok Sabha, Jaitley counters Rahul

Jaitley also whipped out a dialogue from a James Bond film to accuse Gandhi of peddling 'lies' and 'falsehood' in the Lok Sabha

Parrikar rejects audio tape, says Cong wants to fabricate facts on Rafale

Earlier, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala released an audio of a telephonic conversation allegedly between Health Minister Vishwajit Rane and another person

Modi must answer why Rafale files are lying in Parrikar's bedroom: Congress

Rane purportedly can be heard saying that during a Goa cabinet meeting last week Parrikar stated he had an entire file and all documents relating to Rafale deal lying in his bedroom, Surjewala claimed

HAL could have produced Rafale, but govt wanted quick delivery: Chairman

The Supreme Court on December 14 dismissed all petitions seeking court-monitored probe into the Rafale fighter jet deal with France

Chidambaram for JPC probe in Rafale deal, says it shouldn't go unchallenged

The former Union finance minister also questioned the decision to cancel an earlier MoU and enter into a new agreement

IAF chief is lying on Rafale, says Congress leader Moily, then retracts

Moily said that before Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered into a deal with France on the acquisition of the Rafale jet, the IAF chief had said HAL was worth getting an offset contract

SC should recall 'self-contradictory' Rafale ruling, govt misled it: Cong

Govt has approached the SC afresh saying that contrary to what the judgement indicated, the report of the CAG on Rafale deal was not submitted to Parliament's Public Accounts Committee

BJP leaders detained for protesting against Rahul Gandhi over Rafale deal

The protesters had assembled at the Vigyan Bhawan and raised slogans against the Congress and its president

Flawed approach

Court should not jump into every issue without discrimination

Govt has given Rafale price details to CAG, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The BJP kicked off its plan to address 70 press conferences across India, with Sitharaman addressing a press conference in Mumbai

Press meetings, privilege notices as BJP, Cong go to war over Rafale deal

The BJP's multi-pronged attack followed the Supreme Court ruling on Friday that there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the procurement of 36 Rafale jets

Congress gives breach of privilege notices in both Houses on Rafale issue

Congress leader Anand Sharma alleged that the government was guilty of committing breach of privilege in both Houses by claiming that the CAG report on Rafale aircraft pricing was presented to PAC

Rahul's lies on Rafale exposed, should reveal source of information: Irani

Irani accused the Congress of trying to malign the country's defence establishment

Cong showed amazing audacity; misleading people on Rafale case: Sitharaman

Sitharaman said they showed 'amazing audacity' by not listening to the Supreme Court's verdict in the case