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Guwahati : Former Union minister and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Mukul Wasnik on Monday slammed Modi-government for starting crony capitalism in the country by giving offset contract to PM Modi’s favour industrialist to procure Rafale fighter aircraft.
Addressing a press conference held in Guwahati, the senior Congress leader said that, the entire contract was given to PM Modi’s favour industrialist instead of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
Mukul Wasnik said that, people of the country now know everything and the All India Congress Committee demanded to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).
“PM Modi, Defence Minister and all the ministers who involved in the procurement process should have to come forward in front of the JPC,” Mukul Wasnik said.
“In 2015, Pm Modi said that, 36 Rafale fighter aircrafts will be procured on emergency. But not a single aircraft has arrived in India till now,” Wasnik said.
The senior Congress leader further said that, the present government has to pay Rs 41,000 crore more compared to the previous price negotiated by the UPA government.
“Who is responsible for this? Why the all laid down procedures which have been followed for defence procurement have not been followed? Why Hindustan Aeronautics Limited doesn’t get offset contract and someone just registered 10 days before as a company gets the offset contract. How this is
possible,” Mukul Wasnik said.
The senior Congress leader asked PM Modi, will he tell details the nation over the Rafale deal.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
