Rafale Deal Controversy: Supreme Court Likely To Hear Petition Seeking Stay On The Deal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it might next week hear public interest litigation seeking a stay on Rafale fighter jet deal. Lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma has filed the PIL.
New Delhi, September 5: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it might next week hear public interest litigation seeking a stay on Rafale fighter jet deal. Lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma has filed the PIL. France will start the deliver of 36 Rafale fighter jets from 2019 onwards. Yesterday, Congress spokesperson Shakti Singh Gohil took a dig on Narendra Modi Government. Speaking to media during his one-day visit to Kota on Sunday, Gohil said Congress workers would tour the country and expose the corrupt Rafale deal.
The Congress spokesperson raised questions on the Rafale deal signed by the NDA government. He said, “How did the price of Rafale aircraft shoot up by 300 per cent during Modi's tenure from Rs. 526 crore to Rs. 1,670 crore?" He further added that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was made just a scapegoat and she was politically naïve. Gohil also alleged that Arun Jaitley and Manohar Parrikar had escaped corruption charges in the deal.
During the debate on ‘no-confidence motion’ in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi also alleged the central government for not disclosing the price of each jet. According to the Congress president, the government is hiding the details of the deal despite there being no such ‘secrecy clause’ in the deal. However, not only the Centre but also the French government also denied the Congress president's allegations. The Congress also blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for favouring Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defence Ltd. and helping the company procure a Rs 30,000 crore deal as an Indian partner to Dassault.
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