Rafale deal controversy: Big embarrassment for Rahul Gandhi; Here's how the papers contradict his claims

Congress' Rafale lie has been completely exposed, Republic TV has accessed documents that show how the NDA finalised the deal at a lower bid than the UPA. There was a bitter war in the parliament where the Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi attacked the NDA government of misleading the country on the deal, however the critical Rafale papers accessed show for the first time that the NDA government obtained better jets at much cheaper prices and Congress and Rahul Gandhi now stand completely exposed. Read | Exposed: Rafale Papers Expose Congress' Claim, UPA Bargained For More Expensive Deal Rahul Gandhi while hitting out at the NDA government said,"Under UPA regime, the Rafale aircraft was pegged at 520 crores. I don't know what happened or who was spoken to, but PM went to France- who he went with everyone knows. And magically the price of the aircraft went up to Rs 1600 crore. The Defence Minister is seated here- she first said that I will inform the price of the aircraft- she said this in public. "After that, Defence Minister clearly said that I can't give the details because the French govt and the Indian govt has a secrecy pact. I myself met the French President, and I myself asked him- is there any pact between the 2 governments and the French President said that there is no such pact between the governments. Under pressure from the Prime Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has lied to the nation", he further said. WATCH: From JumlaStrike To Hugging PM Modi, Here's Rahul Gandhi's Full Speech During The No Confidence Motion Debate In The Lok Sabha Here's how the papers accessed contradicts Rahul Gandhi's statements: RAFALE DEAL VS MMRCA DEAL AS PER CRITICAL DOCUMENT AVG COST PER UNIT WITH ENHANCEMENTS UPA: RS. 1705 CRORES NDA: RS. 1646 CRORES AVG COST PER UNIT WITHOUT ENHANCEMENTS UPA: RS. 1627 CRORES NDA: RS. 1372 CRORES TOTAL COST UPA: RS. 1,72,185 CRORES NDA: RS. 59,262 CRORES AVERAGE COST PER AIRCRAFT UPA: RS. 911 CRORES NDA: RS. 688 CRORES TOTAL COST OF AIRCRAFT UPA: RS. 110772 CRORES NDA: RS. 24785 CRORES WEAPONS + SUPPORT EQUIPMENT UPA: RS. 15823 CRORES NDA: RS. 8955 CRORES INDIA SPECIFIC ENHANCEMENTS UPA: RS. 9855 CRORES NDA: RS. 9855 CRORES TRAINING + TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPA: RS. 14027 CRORES NDA: RS. 5897 CRORES INFRASTRUCTURE UPA: RS. 17884 CRORES NDA: 0 Earlier Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge moved a privilege motion against PM Modi and Defence Minister Sitharaman alleging they misled the Parliament on Rafale Deal. Read | Congress Moves Privilege Motion Against PM Modi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Addressing a press conference, Congress leader, and former Defence Minister A. K. Antony had said that he had revealed the prices of many defence contracts in the Parliament because under the constitution, the government cannot deny revealing the prices as they are scrutinised at various levels. He also stated that the Rafale aircraft was selected after considering many companies in December 2012 and that the price for each aircraft was settled, adding that a tender for 126 Rafale aircraft was issued. "There is no transfer of technology in this new deal, so it doesn't substantiate the rise in price of aircrafts," said Anthony. "When there is no secret deal that prevents revealing the prices, how can they keep it a secret?" Antony added.

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Rafale deal controversy: Big embarrassment for Rahul Gandhi; Here's how the papers contradict his claims

Rafale papers accessed show for the first time that the NDA government obtained better jets at much cheaper prices and how it contradicts Rahul Gandhi's claims.

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