The Supreme Court bench on Wednesday November 14, began a crucial hearing on the pricing details of the Rafale fighter jets, days after the Centre submitted the information in a sealed cover. The apex court bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M[Read More…]
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Modi has admitted to his theft in Rafale deal: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: In remarks coming a day after the government had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “admitted to his theft” in the Rafale deal and that changes were made in the jet contract without consultation.[Read More…]
Break your silence on Rafale deal: Congress tells Modi
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) With fresh revelations corroborating its allegations over the inclusion of a private firm as an Indian offset partner in the Rafale deal, the Congress on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for benefiting his crony asking him to break his silence on the multi-crore “scam”.[Read More…]
HAL temple of modern India, Modi government destroying it: Rahul
Bengaluru: Taking the Rafale battle to the doors of HAL, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government has “insulted, hurt and destroyed” the future of the public sector company by depriving it of the offset contract with the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault. In an hour-long interaction[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi targets Modi on Rafale deal, questions Nirmala Sitharaman’s visit to France
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal and alleged that the visit of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to France was in connection with process to justify his decision to purchase the fighter jets. “The Supreme Court has asked for[Read More…]
PM Modi wishes birthday girl whose father said “Indeed, PM Modi chor hai”
Overwhelmed to see his picture on the cake, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his blessings to a little girl Belaku on her birthday who had urged her father to get Modi’s image over the cake. Belaku’s father tweeted a photo of the birthday cake along with a message that caught[Read More…]
No truth in Congress charge Rafale deal snatched HAL jobs: Nirmala
Bengaluru, Oct 1 (IANS) Terming the Congress charges false and based on half-truths, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has denied that the Rafale deal had snatched jobs from the Indian aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). “There is no truth in the Congress allegations on the Rafale deal as they are[Read More…]
Congress Social Media head Divya Spandana booked for tweet against PM Modi
The Uttar Pradesh police has lodged an FIR against Congress Social Media head Divya Spandana for tweeting a photograph against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal controversy. Divya Spandana, a former Lok Sabha Congress MP tweeted a photograph of PM Modi painting “chor” on his wax statue with[Read More…]
Rafale deal: BJP accuses Congress of fuelling Pakistan’s attack on India
The BJP on Monday accused the Congress of fuelling Pakistans attack on India over the controversial Rafale deal and claimed there was a “design” between the Congress and Pakistan whose aim was to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a media conference here, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman Sambit Patra referred[Read More…]
Rafale Deal: After ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’, Rahul Gandhi calls PM Modi ‘India’s Commander in Thief’
Amid a row of controversies between Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, Gandhi once again sharpened his attack by sharing a short video detailing how the former French President Hollande “had no choice”; “had no words to say about that subject.” Gandhi,[Read More…]
Rafale Deal: DMK’s Stalin demands full fledged inquiry
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party demanded an inquiry into the Rafale Deal to unveil the truth following former French President Francois Hollande’s statement on India’s role in including Reliance in the deal. Hollande on Friday in a conversation with French media revealed that Indian government proposed Anil-Ambani-led Reliance Defence[Read More…]
Rafale aircraft deal: How India got caught in French Revolution!
The muck that goes with power back home has starkly been laid bare by former French President Francoise Hollande. The disclosures made by him on September 21 about the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft by India have set off a bitter political battle, putting the Opposition virtually at the[Read More…]
Rafale Deal: Ravi Shankar Prasad attacks Rahul for levelling allegations against Modi
Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi for his “thief” jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said “irresponsible, shameless and baseless” remarks were being made by a family which is out on bail in the National Herald case and is the source of all corruption[Read More…]
UPA to blame for HAL’s ouster from Rafale deal: Sitharaman
Rebutting Congress’ charges against the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday held the erstwhile UPA regime responsible for Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) being overlooked for the jet deal. “All these attributes that are being put to us about HAL…it’s not for us but[Read More…]
Congress officially distances itself from Tahseen Poonawalla
In a press release published on September 13, by Anoop George Chaudhari from the AICC legal cell, it was clarified that Rahul Gandhi’s Congress party has curiously distanced itself from its own most vocal supporter and former media cell leader Tehseen Poonawalla, and has nothing to do with the PIL filed[Read More…]
Russia rejected Reliance Defence in favour of PSUs, before Rafale deal
In 2016, India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France called Rafale Deal that gathered much controversy for the ruling party. Instead of dying down with the course of time, the fighter jet deal controversy has taken a shape of any scam. Before India signed a Memorandum of Understanding with France[Read More…]
Reliance Entertainment produced film for Francois Hollande’s partner days before Rafale talks
In 2016, India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France called Rafale Deal. French President Francois Hollande had come to India as the chief guest for the 67th Republic Day celebration along with his partner. He then signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide India with[Read More…]
Rafale Controversy: Rahul Gandhi to hold nation-wide press conference to expose Modi government
Congress plans to call a nation-wide conference to expose Narendra Modi government over Rafale Deal. According to reports, Rahul Gandhi has constituted a team of six members for the conference which will be lead by Senior Congress leader Jaipal Reddy. The press conference will be held at 100 cities all[Read More…]
Modi slams opposition on series of issues from NRC, Rafale to lynching
Speaking exclusively to a national media house, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about a series of issues that the opposition parties had been raising their voice for. On repeatedly being coxed to break his silence on the mob lynching, PM Modi said that opposition must not politicise the issue and[Read More…]
Where did Rs 1,30,000 crore figure come in Rafale deal?
Rafale Deal has been in controversy for quite some time now. During no-confidence motion against NDA in Lok Sabha on July 20, 2018, the Congress had raised their suspicion. Rahul Gandhi in his speech had claimed that the government’s refusal from revealing the price of the fighter jet with an[Read More…]
Why no investigation of CM Raman Singh’s son in Panama Papers, asks Rahul Gandhi in Raipur
Chhattisgarh assembly election is due for December 2018 and the political corridors in the state are becoming active now. Pulling up his socks, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has reached Chhattisgarh for election campaigns. Attacking BJP over its failure in dealing with corruption, Gandhi says former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz[Read More…]
Journalists covering Rafale deal being threatened: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed Prime Minister, saying the journalists reporting the Rafale scam are being threatened. Supreme leader’s minions are now sending threatening messages to journalists reporting on the #RafaleScam asking them to ‘back off or else…’, wrote Gandhi in Twitter. I’m really proud of[Read More…]
Rafale Deal: Congress takes a dig on BJP, says ‘tax payers will pay Rs 1 lakh crore’
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that the due to the Rafale fighter jet deal, Indian taxpayers will have to pay the Prime Minister’s friend’s joint venture Rs 1 lakh crore over five decades to maintain the aircraft. Taking a dig, he said that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will[Read More…]
Congress to move privilege motion against PM Modi, Nirmala Sitharaman over Rafale deal
Congress plans to bring a privilege motion against defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha for misleading the house over Rafale deal. Though the party seemed uncertain about taking any such step against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to Congress, the defence minister has misled the Lok Sabha by asserting[Read More…]
Anil Ambani’s Reliance, Dassault Aviation set up joint venture
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group and Rafale maker Dassault Aviation on Monday announced a joint venture (JV) that will be a “key player” in execution of offset contract worth about Rs 22,000 crore as part of the fighter jet deal. The announcement of the JV, Dassault Reliance Aerospace, comes within days[Read More…]