Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the Congress for “using” the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as a pretext to level allegations against his government and instigate people. He was addressing a gathering in Tumakuru where he inaugurated the HAL helicopter factory, country’s biggest, nearly seven years after he had laid its foundation stone.
Modi called out the allegations made by the Opposition in 2018 when the latter had questioned the Union government’s decision to drop HAL as an offset partner from the Rafale deal and replace it with Reliance Defence.
“The opposition targetted my party on the pretext of HAL and wasted precious working hours of Parliament. This is the same HAL whose name was taken to instigate people.
