Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has repeatedly accused the Centre of corruption in the Rafale jet deal, on Wednesday asked the government...
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has repeatedly accused the Centre of corruption in the Rafale jet deal, on Wednesday asked the government three questions after the first batch of the fighter jets landed in India.
Gandhi repeated the questions that he had asked the government ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “Congratulations to IAF [Indian Air Force] for Rafale,” he tweeted. “Meanwhile, can GOI [the Government of India] answer: Why each aircraft costs ₹1670 Crores instead of ₹526 Crores? Why 36 aircraft were bought instead of 126? Why was bankrupt Anil given a ₹30,000 Crores contract instead of HAL [Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]?”
Congratulations to IAF for Rafale.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 29, 2020
Meanwhile, can GOI answer:
1) Why each aircraft costs ₹1670 Crores instead of ₹526 Crores?
2) Why 36 aircraft were bought instead of 126?
3) Why was bankrupt Anil given a ₹30,000 Crores contract instead of HAL?
The Rafale fighter jet deal had become a major political topic during the Lok Sabha election campaign. Gandhi had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of treason and corruption multiple times, and alleged that he had acted as a middleman for industrialist Anil Ambani in the deal. Gandhi consistently used the phrase “chowkidar chor hai [the watchman is a thief]” during his campaign to accuse Modi of corruption.
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