Rahul targets Modi over Rafale: “Watchman sold out”
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New Delhi : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioning if the pact to buy 36 Rafale jets from France was at all a government-to-government deal.
“The latest skeleton to tumble out of the Rafale cupboard: No guarantee by the French government backing the deal.
“But, our Prime Minister says there’s a letter from the French promising to be faithful! That’s enough to call this a government-to-government deal,” Gandhi tweeted, adding “#BikGayaChowkidar” (watchman sold out).
The latest skeleton to tumble out of the RAFALE cupboard:
NO Guarantee by the French Govt. backing the deal.
BUT, our PM says there’s a letter from the French promising to be faithful! That’s enough to call this a “Govt to Govt” deal?#BikGayaChowkidar pic.twitter.com/Epw3J62JbV
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 15, 2018
Gandhi’s latest jibe at Modi comes a day after the Centre told the Supreme Court that there was no sovereign guarantee by the French government backing the deal but only a letter of comfort.
The submission was made by Attorney General K.K. Venugopal before a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph, which reserved its verdict on PILs on the fighter jet deal.
Published on: Nov 15, 2018 at 17:20 IST
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