In his recent addresses, Congress President Rahul gandhi has been targetting the Bhartiya Janta Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal. He has been threatening them to bring before everyone, the truth behind the deal.
Addressing the issue, the Finance Minister of India, Arun Jaitely told the ANI, “What was negotiated from 2015 to 2016 and finally executed in 2016, with the escalations and the currency variations, the basic aircraft price turns out to be 9% cheaper. Is the Congress party aware of this?”
As quoted by the ANI, Arun Jaitely talked about the nationalists that have been associated with the party and those that left them when the nationalism was no more of use to them. He said, “Our tragedy in the NDA has been, particularly in BJP, we’ve had a fair share of career nationalists. They are nationalists with us as long as it suits their career. I don’t attach much credibility to them.”
He said that defence is a wide field and involves various aspects. Adding to his statement, he affirmed, “Quantum in defence is always large. Therefore, quantum doesn’t mean anything. Please produce a shred of evidence that Government of India has anything to do with any of the offset suppliers for any contract, whether under UPA or NDA.”
He further questioned the statements made bu Congress and stated, "You comprised national security, you have not given any reason why you delayed it by ten years. The combat ability of our forces had to be increased; we live in a troubled zone."
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