[《A report by Mediapart said a top Dassault official, Loik Segalen, had
explained to his staff at a presentation last year that the joint venture
with Reliance Defence was "imperative and obligatory for Dassault Aviation,
to accept this condition, in order to obtain the export contract for Rafale
from India".
"It is absolutely clear that the prime minister is corrupt. I repeat, the
prime minister of India is a corrupt man... and sadly, his entire campaign
was on fighting corruption," Rahul Gandhi said at a press conference in the
Congress office.
...
"Now you see the defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, suddenly leaving for
France... that too to visit Dassault... One wonders what the emergency is,"
he questioned.
Mr Gandhi alleged that the defence minister had gone to "put pressure" on
Dassault. "And let me make one more thing very clear... Dassault is sitting
on a massive contract... It will obviously say whatever the Indian
government wants it to say. But look at the internal documentation in
Dassault... that makes it clear as to what had happened"," he claimed.》

For a comprehensive account of the sequences of events leading to Anil
Ambani bagging the "deal", orchestrated by the "Chowkidar" and the related
debates: '"Gali Gali Shor Hai …!" How A PSU, with Decades of Experience,
Got Brusquely Displaced by a Private Newborn, with NIL Experience, in The
Rafale "Deal", Steered by the "Chowkidar" Himself!' at <
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/greenyouth/Brw6i5mnQ1I/Ox31U6EkGgAJ;context-place=forum/greenyouth
>.

For additional inputs: ''Reliance Defence Had Neither Land nor an
Industrial License at Time of Rafale Deal'' at <<
https://thewire.in/political-economy/reliance-defence-land-industrial-license-rafale-deal-cbi-complaint
>>.

Also relevant:
<<Two years after signing the contract of sale of Rafale to India, the
ultra-modern plant planned by the joint - venture of Dassault with its
Indian partner Reliance comes down to a building that looks like a
warehouse. While a new complaint was filed in New Delhi, a document
obtained by Mediapart shows that Dassault considered this alliance as a
"counterpart" , "imperative and mandatory" , to get the market.>>

(Ref.: <
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/101018/affaire-des-rafale-en-inde-un-nouveau-document-accable-dassault?onglet=full>.
Use the option to translate, available on site.)]

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rafale-controversy-i-repeat-pm-is-corrupt-says-rahul-gandhi-after-new-report-1930352

"#GreatRafaleCoverUp": Rahul Gandhi On Nirmala Sitharaman's France Visit

The Congress president questioned Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's
visit to France, suggesting that it was part of a "huge cover-up" on the
Rafale deal

All India | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh |

Updated: October 11, 2018 17:20 IST

Rafale controversy:Rahul Gandhi also questioned Defence Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman's visit to France.

NEW DELHI: Hours after a French media report said aerospace major Dassault
had to select Anil Ambani's company for joint venture as a "mandatory"
trade-off to win the 59,000-crore Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul
Gandhi called for an investigation, declaring that Prime Minister Narendra
Modi "is corrupt" and the "PM of Anil Ambani".
A report by Mediapart said a top Dassault official, Loik Segalen, had
explained to his staff at a presentation last year that the joint venture
with Reliance Defence was "imperative and obligatory for Dassault Aviation,
to accept this condition, in order to obtain the export contract for Rafale
from India".

"It is absolutely clear that the prime minister is corrupt. I repeat, the
prime minister of India is a corrupt man... and sadly, his entire campaign
was on fighting corruption," Rahul Gandhi said at a press conference in the
Congress office.

"He is actually not your prime minister. He is Anil Ambani's prime
minister," the Congress president charged, not providing any evidence to
back his allegations against PM Modi.

The Congress president questioned Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's
visit to France, suggesting that it was part of a "huge cover-up".


Rahul Gandhi
✔
@RahulGandhi
 The #GreatRafaleCoverUp has begun. To try and show the deal is legit,
Raksha Mantri will need to generate minutes of imaginary meetings held
between the French & our MOD & both sides will need to agree on a common
story to be spun to the media.

RM left for France last night.

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Rafale deal: A report claimed France did not have a choice in selecting
Anil Ambani's rookie defence company.

"Now you see the defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, suddenly leaving for
France... that too to visit Dassault... One wonders what the emergency is,"
he questioned.

Mr Gandhi alleged that the defence minister had gone to "put pressure" on
Dassault. "And let me make one more thing very clear... Dassault is sitting
on a massive contract... It will obviously say whatever the Indian
government wants it to say. But look at the internal documentation in
Dassault... that makes it clear as to what had happened"," he claimed.

The BJP, however, accused Mr Gandhi of mocking national security and said
he is trying to build his political career by spreading lies on the Rafale
fighter jet deal. "He has been lying and mocking national security," said
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra.

Mediapart's article reinforced the explosive statement by former French
president Francois Hollande last month that France did not have a choice in
selecting Anil Ambani's rookie defence company for the offset clause in
which  Dassault has to ensure that business worth at least half the deal's
worth -- Rs.30,000 crore -- is generated in India.

Dassault Aviation clarified in a statement today that it had "freely
chosen" its partnership with Anil Ambani's company.

But Mediapart stood by its report. "These are minutes of a meeting held on
May 11, 2017 within the office of Dassault Aviation company which fully
confirms the statement of Mr. Hollande on the choice or the imposition of
Reliance Group as Dassault's partner for the Rafale contract," Antonn
Rouget, a journalist with Mediapart, told NDTV in Paris.

Opposition parties allege that Reliance Defence was formed just 12 days
before the announcement of the Rafale deal in 2015. Anil Ambani has
rejected the charges.
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