Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Rafale jet fighter deal is \u201cnot worth the paper it is printed on\u201d as it does not include the dissent note by the expert negotiating team.<\/p>\n
At a press conference called hours after the federal auditor tabled the performance audit report on capital acquisition of the Indian Air Force in the Rajya Sabha, the Opposition Leader said he does not agree with the findings of the report. Its conclusion that the deal for 36 Rafale jets, by the BJP-led NDA government through an inter-governmental agreement (IGA), is 2.86 per cent cheaper than an earlier deal for 126 jets, \u201cproves that the Prime Minister, the Defence Minister and the Finance Minister lied to Parliament when they said the price difference was 9-20 per cent\u201d.<\/p>\n
Fresh revelations<\/p>\n
Quoting fresh revelations in The Hindu on Wednesday, based on the notings by three domain experts who were part of the Indian Negotiating Team (INT), which pointed out that the new deal worked out by the BJP through the IGA was \u201cnot on better terms\u201d than the deal being negotiated by the previous UPA government, Gandhi said the Centre\u2019s twin rationale for negotiating a fresh deal has been \u201ctotally demolished\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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