SC was misled on Rafale Deal: Former Minister Pallam Raju
Congress wants Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe scam
Mangaluru, Dec 18: Former union minister Pallam Raju said that “The central government has given false information about Rafale Deal to the Supreme Court. So, the Congress has moved Breach of Privilege motion in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. The Congress is in favour of probing the deal by the Joint Parliamentary Committee”.
The Rafale Deal was the biggest scam in the history of the Ministry of Defense. HAL was the only company which has 40 years of experience in manufacturing flights for the Defense sector. What was the reason to have an agreement with a private company without considering the HAL? What was the reason to have agreement with the Reliance Defense Company through Rafale by changing the agreement made during the UPA regime for purchasing the fighter jets? Why the fighter jets price was raised by three times? With this, the country has incurred Rs 41,205 crore loss and the Prime Minister has the onus to disclose the deal before the country. PM Modi should disclose as to why the purchase proposal was changed all of a sudden after his France trip. The Prime Minister has clearly violated the DPP norms regarding purchase in the Defense Department, he demanded.
The central government has misled the Supreme Court by giving false information on flights purchase and tried to cover-up the truth. During UPA regime, Rs 526 crore was fixed for one flight, but now, the central government has increased it to Rs 1,670 crore. But the government has not provided information to the Supreme Court. The centre has not maintained transparency and even not given clear picture about the deal to the Opposition members. The HAL had manufactured flights to the Ministry of Defense earlier. But the centre has neglected it and it should disclose the reason for neglecting the public sector unit, he demanded.
Former MLA JR Lobo, MUDA president Suresh Ballal, Congress leaders Kallige Taranath Shetty, Naveen D’Souza, TK Sudheer, Saleem, Arif, Sumanth Raj and others were present.
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AAP activists detained during Mumbai protest against Raghav Chadha
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Mumbai (PTI): Police on Sunday detained some Aam Aadmi Party activists in Mumbai after they staged a demonstration against Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha, who has crossed over to the BJP, in Khar area.
Aam Aadmi Party's Mumbai unit president Preeti Sharma Menon claimed the police prevented AAP workers from protesting peacefully against "traitor" Chadha and detained local leader Ruben Mascharanhas.
A Khar Police official confirmed that Mascharanhas and some other activists have been taken to the police station, without elaborating.
"@CPMumbaiPolice @mumbaipolice has no other work but to guard Raghav Chaddha’s Mumbai residence. @aapmumbai volunteers were prevented from protesting peacefully against the GADDAR. Ruben has been detained at the Khar Police Station. But BJP is allowed to block roads at their whim," Menon stated.
The AAP's Mumbai unit had planned a protest in the Khar area against Chadha and six other Rajya Sabha MPs of the party who recently joined the BJP.
"Without any detention order or any written communication, I have been taken to the Khar Police Station. Why is @MumbaiPolice so scared of @AAPMumbai's peaceful protest against 'Gaddar' Raghav Chaddha and Sandeep Pathak? We are @ArvindKejriwal's soldiers, we are not going to be cowed down," Mascharanhas said in another post.
The AAP suffered a jolt on Friday when seven of its Rajya Sabha members, including Chadha, Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak, quit the party, with Chadha saying all of them have merged with the BJP, asserting that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party had strayed from its principles, values and core morals.
VIDEO | Mumbai: AAP workers protest outside Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha’s residence.
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On Friday, the AAP suffered a jolt when seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, Harbhajan Singh, Rajendra Gupta, Vikram Sahni and Swati Maliwal quit and merged… pic.twitter.com/GWKCSvDrOJ
