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PM Defends Defamation At Rafael Deal Price: Rahul Gandhi

Mumbai: Making a fresh attack on PM Narendra Modi over Rafale deal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi cited a media report claiming that “better defending PM” and “rapid destruction of jet jetties” ” Has been done.

His attack came after a report in The Hindu which claimed that the Rafael deal was not on “better conditions” than the UPA’s offer.

“The PM defended his personal RAFALE bypass deal on 2 counts: 1. Better Price 2. Faster Delivery. Both have been demolished by the revelations in the Hindu today,” he tweeted.

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The three senior members of the Ministry of Defense, who was the domain expert of the seven-member Indian Dialogue Team (INT), “New Rafael Deals of 36 Flyoff Aircraft of the Narendra Modi Government” came with “better convincing and clear conclusions” with better conditions. “Compared to the offer made by Dassault Aviation during the purchase process of 126 aircraft under the United Progressive Alliance government, the report said in the English daily.

Through the report Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the “theft has been caught”.

Meanwhile, citing the report, while highlighting the four points, spokesman Surjewala said that the price of 36 Rafale jets was 55 percent higher than the UPA-era offer, due to not taking 25 percent discount for Rafale As has been forgiven for the offer of Eurofighter, Bank and Sovereign Guarantee, there is no aircraft for 10 years, in which the increment cost is to be paid.

The BJP, however, had rejected the charge, saying the email purportedly by an Airbus executive referred to a helicopter deal and not Rafale.

Earlier Congress President tweeted saying By leaking information on the RAFALE MOU in advance to Anil Ambani, the PM has broken the Official Secrets Act.

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(With PTI Inputs)

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