Modi personally re-negotiated Rafale deal: Rahul
Tuesday - July 24, 2018 9:00 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Modi personally re-negotiated Rafale deal: Rahul
New Delhi July 24 (IANS) Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on Rafale deal Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that he had personally re-negotiated the deal with France and none of the four "revolving" Defence Ministers knew anything about it.
"Since 2014 India has had 4 revolving Raksha Mantris. Now we know why. It gave the PM space to personally re-negotiate RAFALE with the French.
"India has had 4 "RAFALE Mantris". But none of them know what really transpired in France. Except the PM. But he won t speak!" he said in a series ot tweets.
Congress on Tuesday gave a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to move a privilege motion against Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for allegedly misleading the House by not revealing the price of the Rafale fighter jets bought from France.
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"Since 2014 India has had 4 revolving Raksha Mantris. Now we know why. It gave the PM space to personally re-negotiate RAFALE with the French.
"India has had 4 "RAFALE Mantris". But none of them know what really transpired in France. Except the PM. But he won t speak!" he said in a series ot tweets.
Congress on Tuesday gave a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to move a privilege motion against Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for allegedly misleading the House by not revealing the price of the Rafale fighter jets bought from France.
--IANS sid/vd