Page 17 - Rafale Deal

Is Rahul Gandhi's attack on Rafale coordinated with Hollande, asks Jaitley

I think he (Rahul Gandhi) is in some kind of a revenge mode. I won't be surprised if the whole thing is being orchestrated, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Rafale jets deal won't be cancelled; will wait for CAG report: Jaitley

Jaitley asserted that these jets are coming to India as they are needed for security and defence of the country

Defence Ministry counters ex-French President Hollande's claim on Rafale

French govt says not involved in choice of Indian partner; Dassault claims it took the call

Rafale row: Cong asks Jaitley, Sitharaman to resign over 'false' statements

Modi govt has been maintaining that it was not officially aware whom Dassault Aviation selected as its Indian partner to fulfil the offset obligations of the Rafale deal

Rafale deal: Govt says it has no role in the selection of Reliance Defence

The Defence Ministry said 'unnecessary controversies' are being sought to be created following media reports regarding a statement purportedly made by Hollande

Opposition calls for PM Modi's resignation over Rafale deal controversy

On Friday, Hollande, who cleared the inter-governmental deal when he was in office, was quoted as saying New Delhi had put pressure on Dassault to choose Reliance

Rafale row: France, Dassault contradict Hollande on Anil Ambani issue

Hollande was quoted in an article by a French website as claiming that the Indian government had asked the French government to nominate Reliance Defence as its India partner in the deal

Indian govt chose Anil Ambani as Rafale partner, says Francois Hollande

The report referring to former French president is being verified, says government spokesperson

PM Modi has betrayed India: Rahul after Hollande's remark on Rafale deal

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi led a blistering opposition attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday over the Rafale deal, accusing him of betraying India and dishonouring its soldiers, after former French president Francois Hollande's reported remarks contradicting the Indian government's stand. Hollande was quoted by a French publication as saying that the Indian government proposed Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence as the partner for Dassault Aviation in the Rs 58,000 crore Rafale jet fighter deal and France did not have a choice. Leaders of the Congress, the Left and the Aam Aadmi Party among others lashed out at the government soon after Hollande's comments were reported. Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "The PM personally negotiated & changed the Rafale deal behind closed doors. Thanks to Franois Hollande, we now know he personally delivered a deal worth billions of dollars to a bankrupt Anil Ambani. The PM has betrayed India. He has dishonoured the blood of our soldiers." The ...

Hollande has exposed conspiracy to benefit PM's friend in Rafale deal: Cong

The Congress Friday stepped up its attack on the Rafale deal alleging that the government's "complicity, collusion and conspiracy" to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "crony friend" has been exposed following former French President Francois Hollande's reported comments. Hollande was quoted by the French media as purportedly saying that the Indian government proposed Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence as the partner for Dassault Aviation in the Rs 58,000 crore Rafale jet fighter deal and France did not have a choice. "Cat's out of the Bag!!! Complicity, Collusion & Conspiracy of Modi Govt in denying the PSU, HAL a 30,000 Cr 'offset contract' to benefit PM's crony friend exposed!" Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted. In a jibe at Modi, he said the "watchman" is not only just party to corruption, but is the "real criminal". Congress leader P Chidambaram said, "In the NDA-negotiated Rafale aircraft deal, we have got no aircraft, we have got only lies. What is ..

India proposed Reliance Defence for Rafale deal, we had no choice: Hollande

Hollande's statement contradicts Indian government's claim that the agreement between Dassault and Reliance was a commercial pact and the government had nothing to do with it

HAL, Dassault had differences when UPA was negotiating Rafale deal: Sources

The UPA government in 2012 started negotiations with Dassault Aviation to buy 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA)

'Rafale Minister' Sitharaman caught lying, must resign: Rahul Gandhi

Congress President Rahul Gandhi Thursday accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" on HAL's capability to build Rafale aircraft and demanded her resignation. The Congress chief took to Twitter to attack Sitharaman, alleging that her position as the defence minister has become untenable as a former chief of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has "nailed her lie". "The RM (Rafale Minister) tasked with defending corruption has been caught lying again. The former HAL Chief, T S Raju, has nailed her lie, that HAL didn't have the capability to build the RAFALE. Her position is untenable & she must resign," he tweeted and tagged of a media report on the former HAL chief's assertion. The Congress has alleged that the government caused loss of over Rs 41,000 crore to the exchequer and endangered national security by bypassing the state-run HAL in favour of some businessman "friends" for offset contract in the Rafale deal. Under India's offset policy, foreign ...

Rafale deal: Cong leaders meet CAG, demand early report on 'irregularities'

The Congress delegation handed a memorandum to the CAG and said it expects the truth to prevail after the report on the Rafale deal is made public

BJP, Congress trade barbs on Rafale deal, Vijay Mallya's escape from India

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman maintained the NDA government purchased the fighter jets 9 per cent cheaper than the UPA government

UPA to blame for HAL's exclusion from Rafale deal: Nirmala Sitharaman

Earlier in the day, UPA-era Defence Minister A K Antony attacked Sitharaman for 'tarnishing' HAL's image over her remarks that the defence PSU 'did not have required capability to produce Rafale'

SC adjourns hearing in plea seeking stay on Rafale fighter jet deal

Petitioner advocate M L Sharma told the bench that he wants to file some additional documents in the case and therefore the matter should be adjourned

Shekhar Gupta: Rafale has been turned into a scam of stupidity & arrogance

Rafale deal is no scam. It's just a glaring example of the BJP government's pusillanimous, unimaginative, over-cautious and unsuccessful handling of defence purchases

Rafale deal: Congress seeks JPC probe, says PM 'showing no interest'

He also said a probe by JPC would bring out the whole truth in the multi-billion dollar fighter jet deal

Pointless to engage Opposition on Rafale deal, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Sitharaman said the government decided to go for procuring only two squadrons of Rafale jets as an emergency measure