Rafale Deal Corruption Allegation

The Congress on Tuesday once again accused the Modi government of indulging in corruption in the Rafale deal and said efforts were made to cover up the scam.

A day after a French judge ordered a probe into alleged "corruption and favouritism" in the Rs 59,000-crore Rafale deal with India, the Congress on Sunday hit out at the Narendra Modi government over its silence on the matter.

A new PIL (public interest litigation) over alleged corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal will be heard by the Supreme Court after two weeks.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded an enquiry into the Rafale fighter jet deal after a French media report claimed that Euro 1.1 million was paid to a "middleman" by the aircraft manufacturer.

The BJP on Monday dismissed as "completely baseless" the allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal, stressing that the Supreme Court had rejected a demand for a probe in the purchase of the fighter aircraft and the CAG also found nothing wrong.

Dassault, the manufacturer of French fighter jet Rafale, paid one million Euro to a middleman in India just after the India-France deal for 36 Rafales was signed, French publication "Mediapart" alleges citing an investigation by the country's anti-co

Rahul Gandhi, cleared of contempt after his apology for attributing his phrase "Chowkidar Chor Hai" to the Supreme Court, said today that the top court's decision on the Rafale case had "opened a huge door to an investigation" into his allegations of corruption in the deal for 36 fighter jets from France.

Slamming the Congress after the Supreme Court dismissed Rafale review petitions, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the allegations of corruption were aimed at maligning Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded that the party apologise for it.

Fiercely attacked by Rahul Gandhi with allegations of corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday hit back at the Congress on the campaign trail for "calling all Modis thieves". Such a language does not suit the Congress chief but using derogatory words have become synonymous with the "naamdar" (dynast), PM Modi ...

The Shiv Sena on Friday advised its ally BJP to "speak less" on the Rafale deal, in which the Congress has alleged corruption, cautioning that unwanted statements may increase troubles for the national party.

Hours after the Supreme Court rejected the Centre's stand and ruled that classified documents accessed by the media can be used as evidence to consider requests to reexamine the Rafale jet deal, Rahul Gandhi crowed that his words had been vindicated.

The Supreme Court today, reserved its order on whether the government can claim privilige over the Rafale documents. The top court heard petitions for a review of its December judgement in the Rafale case today that said there was no reason to doubt the decision-making process even as the opposition continued to attack the Centre over alleged corru...

The Supreme Court will today resume hearing petitions calling for a review of its Rafale case judgement from December that said there was no reason to doubt the decision-making process amid Congress allegations of corruption in the 2016 jet deal. The top court had in December dismissed petitions alleging that the government had gone for an overpric...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also must be investigated in the Rafale fighter jet deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said today, stepping up the attack on the government. His comments come a day after he said there is "enough evidence" to prosecute PM Modi in the matter.

The Congress today launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale fighter jet deal, alleging that the prime minister misused his office to "benefit" Dassault Aviation, and that a case under the prevention of corruption law be made out against him.

The Congress on Tuesday once again accused the Modi government of indulging in corruption in the Rafale deal and said efforts were made to cover up the scam.

A day after a French judge ordered a probe into alleged "corruption and favouritism" in the Rs 59,000-crore Rafale deal with India, the Congress on Sunday hit out at the Narendra Modi government over its silence on the matter.

A new PIL (public interest litigation) over alleged corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal will be heard by the Supreme Court after two weeks.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded an enquiry into the Rafale fighter jet deal after a French media report claimed that Euro 1.1 million was paid to a "middleman" by the aircraft manufacturer.

The BJP on Monday dismissed as "completely baseless" the allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal, stressing that the Supreme Court had rejected a demand for a probe in the purchase of the fighter aircraft and the CAG also found nothing wrong.

Dassault, the manufacturer of French fighter jet Rafale, paid one million Euro to a middleman in India just after the India-France deal for 36 Rafales was signed, French publication "Mediapart" alleges citing an investigation by the country's anti-co

Rahul Gandhi, cleared of contempt after his apology for attributing his phrase "Chowkidar Chor Hai" to the Supreme Court, said today that the top court's decision on the Rafale case had "opened a huge door to an investigation" into his allegations of corruption in the deal for 36 fighter jets from France.

Slamming the Congress after the Supreme Court dismissed Rafale review petitions, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the allegations of corruption were aimed at maligning Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded that the party apologise for it.

Fiercely attacked by Rahul Gandhi with allegations of corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday hit back at the Congress on the campaign trail for "calling all Modis thieves". Such a language does not suit the Congress chief but using derogatory words have become synonymous with the "naamdar" (dynast), PM Modi ...

The Shiv Sena on Friday advised its ally BJP to "speak less" on the Rafale deal, in which the Congress has alleged corruption, cautioning that unwanted statements may increase troubles for the national party.

Hours after the Supreme Court rejected the Centre's stand and ruled that classified documents accessed by the media can be used as evidence to consider requests to reexamine the Rafale jet deal, Rahul Gandhi crowed that his words had been vindicated.

The Supreme Court today, reserved its order on whether the government can claim privilige over the Rafale documents. The top court heard petitions for a review of its December judgement in the Rafale case today that said there was no reason to doubt the decision-making process even as the opposition continued to attack the Centre over alleged corru...

The Supreme Court will today resume hearing petitions calling for a review of its Rafale case judgement from December that said there was no reason to doubt the decision-making process amid Congress allegations of corruption in the 2016 jet deal. The top court had in December dismissed petitions alleging that the government had gone for an overpric...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also must be investigated in the Rafale fighter jet deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said today, stepping up the attack on the government. His comments come a day after he said there is "enough evidence" to prosecute PM Modi in the matter.

The Congress today launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale fighter jet deal, alleging that the prime minister misused his office to "benefit" Dassault Aviation, and that a case under the prevention of corruption law be made out against him.