[Would someone ask for Modi's resignation?
And Aruen Jaitley's?
And Nitmala Sitharaman's?

Or that's too much!

《"We did not have a say in that. The Indian government proposed this
service group, and Dassault negotiated with Ambani. We did not have a
choice, we took the interlocutor we were given," said Hollande.
The interview was published in French and excerpts of Hollande's interview
were tweeted by French Newspaper LeMonde journalist Julien Boissou.
...
(Rahul Gandhi:) The PM personally negotiated & changed the #Rafale deal
behind closed doors. Thanks to François Hollande, we now know he personally
delivered a deal worth billions of dollars to a bankrupt Anil Ambani.
The PM has betrayed India. He has dishonoured the blood of our soldiers.
...
Responding to Congress attacks on the government for keeping Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL) out of the Rafale deal under offset clause,
***both Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Defence Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman have been constantly stressing that Dassault and Reliance got
into an agreement on their own*** [emphasis added].
Former chairman and managing director (CMD) of HAL, T Suvarna Raju, in an
interview to a media house claimed that Dassault and HAL had signed the
mutual work-share contract and gave it to the government.
He further said that the life-cycle costs of the aircraft would have been
cheaper if they were made in India.》]

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/rafale-dassault-reliance-ambani-former-french-president-hollande-1345942-2018-09-21

India proposed Ambani-led Reliance for Rafale deal: Ex-French president
Hollande

IndiaToday.in
New Delhi

September 21, 2018 UPDATED: September 21, 2018 20:54 IST

We did not have a choice: Former French president Hollande on Reliance
getting Rafale offsets
Indian government proposed this service group, and Dassault negotiated with
Ambani: Ex-French president Francois Hollande | REUTERS image for
representation

HIGHLIGHTS
Ex-French president Hollande said Dassault Aviation was given no choice
He said "Indian government proposed this service group and Dassault
negotiated with Ambani"
Defence Spokesperson handle tweeted saying report is being verified

Adding fuel to the ongoing Rafale controversy, former French president
Francois Hollande in an interview to a media house said that Dassault
Aviation was given no choice but to partner with Anil Ambani-led Reliance
Defence for the offset clause in the Rafale fighter jet deal.

In an article published by French journal Mediapart, Hollande on a question
about who selected Reliance as a partner and why, said it was the Indian
government that proposed Reliance's name and Dassault had no choice but to
take the company given to it, according to an ANI report.

We did not have a say in that.
- Former French president Francois Hollande
"We did not have a say in that. The Indian government proposed this service
group, and Dassault negotiated with Ambani. We did not have a choice, we
took the interlocutor we were given," said Hollande.

The interview was published in French and excerpts of Hollande's interview
were tweeted by French Newspaper LeMonde journalist Julien Boissou.

French newspaper LeMonde journalist Julien Boissou, while writing a thread
on Twitter mentioned, "It's in French and I would STRONGLY advise you not
to use Google translate."

Here's the thread:


Hollande's reported statement contradicts Indian government's claim that
the agreement between Dassault and Reliance was a commercial pact between
two private parties and the government had nothing to do with it.



Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday immediately tweeted this article
and asked Hollande, "President (Former) Francois Hollande should also
enlighten us how the price went up from 590 crores in 2012 to 1690 crores
in 2015 per Rafale fighter jet? Escalation of a mere 1100 crores. I am sure
the Euro equivalent would not be a problem to calculate."


On Twitter, Defence Spokesperson handle also wrote saying the report is
being verified.


Activist Prashant Bhushan also took to Twitter and wrote, "This is
explosive!"


Congress president Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter how "PM personally
negotiated & changed the Rafale deal behind closed doors".


Former finance minister P Chidambaram also expressed his views on Twitter
saying, "we have got no aircraft, we have got only lies."


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Twitter slammed the Modi-led BJP
government and asked PM Modi to 'tell the truth'.


Responding to Congress attacks on the government for keeping Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL) out of the Rafale deal under offset clause, both
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman have
been constantly stressing that Dassault and Reliance got into an agreement
on their own.

Former chairman and managing director (CMD) of HAL, T Suvarna Raju, in an
interview to a media house claimed that Dassault and HAL had signed the
mutual work-share contract and gave it to the government.

He further said that the life-cycle costs of the aircraft would have been
cheaper if they were made in India.

However, contradicting this, defence sources on Thursday claimed
disagreements between HAL and Dassault Aviation had led to the collapse of
negotiations between the two in the Rafale fighter plane deal during the
UPA term.

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Peace Is Doable

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