TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked the media why it didn’t pose questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for renegotiating an arms deal to benefit the defence arm of the Anil Ambani group, or to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief, Amit Shah, about his son’s company that had recorded a huge jump in its turnover since the Modi government came to power in May 2014.
Rahul Gandhi also tweeted on the subject of the joint venture between France’s Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of Rafale figher jets, and Anil Ambani owned Reliance Defence Limited and Reliance Aerostructure Limited.
The BJP sought to dismiss the allegations by the Congress Vice President. Indian Air Force (IAF) chief BS Dhanoa also defended the government. In Jalandhar, Dhanoa said the government has managed to negotiate “a very good deal and that there was no overpricing”. On Tuesday, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala had alleged that “a huge scam was brewing” in the procurement of 36 Dassault Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force.
