Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited was excluded from the Rafale deal by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government itself. “HAL and Dassault [Aviation] couldn’t agree on production terms,” said Sitharaman while addressing the Indian Women’s Press Corps. “So HAL and Rafale couldn’t go together. Doesn’t that very clearly say who didn’t go together with HAL and under which government it happened.”
Since India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in 2016 to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of Rs 58,000 crore, it has been accusing the Narendra Modi government of getting an overpriced deal. The government has refused to reveal the per-plane price that it has negotiated in the deal, citing a secrecy agreement with France.
The Congress has claimed that the Narendra Modi government overlooked HAL to help a defence firm owned by Anil Ambani with no experience in the sector to land a mega contract under the deal. It has alleged that the government changed the contract to favour the industrialist without naming him.
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Since India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in 2016 to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of Rs 58,000 crore, it has been accusing the Narendra Modi government of getting an overpriced deal. The government has refused to reveal the per-plane price that it has negotiated in the deal, citing a secrecy agreement with France.
The Congress has claimed that the Narendra Modi government overlooked HAL to help a defence firm owned by Anil Ambani with no experience in the sector to land a mega contract under the deal. It has alleged that the government changed the contract to favour the industrialist without naming him.
18/09/18 Scroll.in
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