The Congress has asked comptroller and auditor general Rajiv Mehrishi to recuse himself from auditing the Rafale warplane deal with France because of “conflict of interest” as he was part of the negotiations as the-then finance secretary.
Read More
In a fresh exposé by the Hindu newspaper on the Rafale deal, veteran journalist N Ram has revealed that parallel negotiations with the French team were conducted by the PMO at the crucial time of the negotiations.
Read More
Veteran journalist N Ram, in his report published in the Hindu newspaper, has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hasty decision to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from France instead of 126 demanded by the IAF increased the price of each aircraft by 41.42%.
Read More
The Congress, on Wednesday, while attacking the Narendra Modi government, has claimed, while producing an audio tape, that the Goa chief minister, Manohar Parrikar, is “hiding all files related to the controversial Rafale deal in his bedroom”.
Read More
The Supreme Court, on Friday, has dismissed all the petitions demanding investigation into Rafale jet deal saying it found no irregularities or wrongdoing in the government’s decision-making process for the purchase of the warplanes from France’s Dassault Aviation.
Read More
The government has submitted a document to petitioners detailing the decision process and pricing details of Rafale agreement, which claims that the deal was negotiated for a year between the Indian and French governments.
Read More
The Supreme Court has ordered the Center to furnish pricing details of controversial Rafale deal. The government has so far maintained that the details of the defence deal are “confidential” due to a “secrecy clause”.
Read More
A top official of Dassault Aviation allegedly conveyed to his staff that the joint venture with Reliance to obtain 36 Rafale jet deal with India was mandatory.
Read More
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, sought details from the government on the decision-making process of Rafale warplane deal, which resulted in the purchase contract for the fighter jet being awarded in a sealed envelope to French company Dassault Aviation.
Read More