Nirmala Sitharaman says ‘Bofors sank Congress, Rafale will bring Narendra Modi back to power’  

Team Suno Neta Friday 4th of January 2019 06:56 PM
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Nirmala Sitharaman. 

Defence minister Nirmala Sitaraman, while defending government’s stance on Rafale jet deal, has slammed Congress for scrapping the previous 126 jets deal for not getting the money. She has also referred to the Bofors scam that came in to the light during Rajiv Gandhi-led government and resulted in defeat of the Congress in the Lok Sabha election.

She said, “Bofors was a scam, Rafale is not. It is a decision in the national interest. They lost an election because of Bofors. Rafale will bring Prime Minister Narendra Modi back to power.”

“The deal didn’t get you money. There is something different between a defence deal and dealing in defence. We don’t do defence dealings. We deal in defence with national security as our priority,” she added further.

The Congress, led by the party president, Rahul Gandhi, had been relentlessly targeting the government for alleged corruption in the deal and accused the prime minister, Narendra Modi, of being directly involved in – what they call – the “Rafale scam”.

Watch the full speech of the defence minister here:


 

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