The Narendra Modi government’s Rafale narrative is becoming curiouser and curiouser.
The “war capacity” of combat aircraft has fallen into the hands of “the enemy/our adversaries” and “jeopardised” national security because of “theft” by “unauthorised photocopying”, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Two of those the Modi government has held guilty of aiding the enemies were ministers in the government led by the BJP itself: Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha. The third is activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan.
The court is hearing a review petition filed by the three public figures against an earlier order that had declined to entertain a plea for a probe into the Rafale deal.
