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Parrikar washed hands off Rafale deal to save his neck: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): The Congress on Friday said that former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar “washed his hands off the deal” in order to save his neck.
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Mamata Banerjee calls PM Modi 'Mad-dy babu'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "Mad-dy babu" and said that during elections Prime Minister Modi becomes a "chai wala" while after the polls in the country he becomes "Rafale wala".<
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Govt trying to cover up on Rafale, says Hindu Group Editor N Ram
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Chairman of The Hindu Group N Ram, who wrote about the then Defence Secretary Mohan Kumar's dissent note on Rafale fighter negotiation issue, said on Friday that the government was trying to "cover up" on the matter and asserted that he does not re
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Rafale chief negotiator deprecates attempts to malign deal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 8 (ANI): Former Air Marshal SBP Sinha, who headed the negotiations from the Indian side in the Rafale aircraft deal, on Friday deprecated attempts being made to malign the "excellent procurement" of the fighter planes that the government has initiated.
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PMO has something to hide, says former Defence Minister AK Antony
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 8 (ANI): In the wake of the latest media report on the Rafale deal, veteran Congress leader and former Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday questioned whether the PMO had any "special interest" to push the contract.
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Defence Minister counters Rahul Gandhi's charges on Rafale deal in LS, Opp
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday rejected Congress President Rahul Gandhi's allegation based on a media report that claimed the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) ran parallel negotiations with France on the multi-billion Rafale fighter jet deal.
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Then French PM had written to Indian government backing the Rafale deal ob
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): At a time when the government is facing backlash for not getting sovereign guarantee from France in the Rafale jet deal, it is emerging that the then French prime minister had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that their governme
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Manohar Parrikar dismissed MoD’s fear that negotiations over Rafale were w
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Government on Friday dismissed a media report that claimed that Defence Ministry officials had raised concerns over the direct involvement of Prime Minister’s Office in the Rafale deal and said that the report failed to publish response of the former
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Defence Ministry had not objected to pricing part in Rafale deal, says for
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): The Defence Ministry had given a dissent note to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) over sovereign guarantee aspect of the negotiations in the Rafale fighter deal but it had nothing to do with pricing issue, the then Defence Secretary G. Mohan Kumar sa
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Rahul Gandhi attacks PM over Rafale deal, accuses him of robbing Air Force
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of robbing the Air Force of Rs 30,000 crore and giving it to businessman Anil Ambani, in "parallel negotiations" conducted by the Prime Minister's Office in the multi-billion do
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Cong raking up Rafale issue because it does not want country’s security ap
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the Congress for repeatedly raking up the Rafale fighter deal issue, alleging that the main Opposition party does not want the Indian Air Force and the country’s security apparatus to be strong.
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PM Modi stole Rs 30,000 cr from defence forces, gave it to Anil Ambani: Ra
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Escalating his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the controversial Rafale fighter jet deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the former stole Rs 30,000 crore from the defence forces and handed over the money to Reliance Gro
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