Rafale deal: Cong demands JPC probe

Hyderabad: Reiterating the Congress demand that the  Rafale aircraft deal with  France be investigated by a  Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), party spokesperson  Pawan Khera here on Tuesday  alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s direct involvement  in the “Defence scam”.

Khera referred to the  French investigative portal  Mediapart, which, in a fresh  set of revelations, exposed  how middleman Sushen Gupta  got hold of confidential documents belonging to the Indian  Negotiating Team (INT) in  2015 from the Ministry of Defence detailing the stance of  the Indian negotiators, during  the final lap of negotiation and  in particular how they calculated the price of the aircraft,  giving a clear advantage to  Dassault Aviation (Rafale).

He alleged “the latest revelations in “Operation Cover-up”  reveal the dubious nexus between Modi Government-CBIED to bury the Rafale Corruption”.  -(PTI)