Rahul Gandhi congratulates IAF, questions govt
Rahul Gandhi has stuck to his guns on the Rafale deal amid the euphoria whipped up by the Centre and a section of the media on Wednesday, resurrecting all the questions the Congress leader had asked during Narendra Modi’s first term as Prime Minister.
Rahul tweeted: “Congratulations to IAF for Rafale. Meanwhile, can the Government of India answer: 1. Why each aircraft costs Rs 1670 crore instead of Rs 526 crore? 2. Why 36 aircraft were bought instead of 126? 3. Why was bankrupt Anil given a Rs 30,000 crore contract instead of HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited)?”
As Congress president in the run-up to the 2019 parliamentary election, Rahul had described Rafale deal as a scam, saying that the established defence procurement procedures were violated by the Prime Minister’s Office and the high prices were approved overruling objections.
