Journalists covering Rafale deal being threatened: Rahul
Tuesday - July 31, 2018 12:12 am ,
Category : INDIA
Journalists covering Rafale deal being threatened: Rahul
New Delhi July 31 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed Prime Minister saying the journalists reporting the Rafale scam are being threatened.
"Supreme leader s minions are now sending threatening messages to journalists reporting on the #RafaleScam asking them to back off or else... " wrote Gandhi in Twitter.
"I m really proud of the few brave press people who still have the guts to defend the truth and stand up to Mr 56 (a reference to Modi) " he tweeted.
Gandhi on Saturday claimed that owing to the Rafale fighter jet deal the Indian taxpayers will have to pay the "Prime Minister s friend s joint venture Rs 1 lakh crore over five decades to maintain the aircraft".
The Congress has earlier accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" on Reliance Defence Ltd -- which he claimed did not have experience in manufacturing fighter jets -- for having secured an offset contract from Dassault Aviation for Rs 30 000 crore and a consequent Lifecycle Cost Contract of Rs 1 lakh crore in the Rafale deal.
--IANS sid/nir
"Supreme leader s minions are now sending threatening messages to journalists reporting on the #RafaleScam asking them to back off or else... " wrote Gandhi in Twitter.
"I m really proud of the few brave press people who still have the guts to defend the truth and stand up to Mr 56 (a reference to Modi) " he tweeted.
Gandhi on Saturday claimed that owing to the Rafale fighter jet deal the Indian taxpayers will have to pay the "Prime Minister s friend s joint venture Rs 1 lakh crore over five decades to maintain the aircraft".
The Congress has earlier accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" on Reliance Defence Ltd -- which he claimed did not have experience in manufacturing fighter jets -- for having secured an offset contract from Dassault Aviation for Rs 30 000 crore and a consequent Lifecycle Cost Contract of Rs 1 lakh crore in the Rafale deal.
--IANS sid/nir
