” When the UPA govt revealed the price of the 126 Rafales when it committed for the deal in 2012, why cant the BJP government disclose the price now? When we finalised the deal it was decided that 108 Rafales would be made by the HAL and 18 readymade fighters would be purchased which was estimated to cost the nation around 560 crore rupees, but Modi intervened and decided to buy 36 ready-to-fly fighters insetad of acquiring technology from Dassault and make it in the country. Sibal took a potshot on the government and said Modi unilaterally decided to scrap a deal without referring the matter to the cabinet committee on security. ”
This has happened first time in the country when the prime minister bypassed the formal and official procedure to conduct affairs regarding purchase of fighter planes and didnt maintain transparency of the deal” Sibal said. ” No one except Modi, not even the defence minister, Dassault company or the HAL knew that such a deal was going to happen. Congress will dig deep into the the scam and expose the government before the nation” he added.
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