[The affidavit filed by the government (ref.: < https://barandbench.com/rafale-centre-dassault-offset-partner-supreme-court/rafale-deal-repy-by-centre/?fbclid=IwAR2up7JOzD6T2SPDreQuNPLUO66Cf4g5nmqOLBArQJXtN8mlZMsNalptZw0>) in the Supreme Court ***does not provide even the faintest hint as regards how the decision announced by Modi in Paris on April 10 2015 - to purchase 36 jets instead of 126***, a figure arrived at following due and lengthy procedure, had been arrived at.
It only tells how the decision was (supposedly) regularised, post facto. ***That makes the conclusion inescapable that the decision was made by Modi on his own without any inputs from the user department, or even any professional advice. The reason, given the chain of events that'd follow thereafter, is not too difficult to figure out.*** Regardless of Parrikar. <<Asked to substantiate an allegation levelled by state Congress president Girish Chodankar that the BJP national leadership had not been able to replace the ailing Mr Parrikar as chief minister because the latter knew "dirty secrets" about the Rafale deal, Mr Surjewala said as the defence minister when the deal was being worked out, Mr Parrikar "knows a whole lot of things".>>] https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/manohar-parrikar-knows-a-whole-lot-of-things-about-rafale-deal-randeep-singh-surjewala-congress-1949117?fbclid=IwAR1G4ejKlwoZ0Rn6Fv_mNVFyaYAgLpK02JfmIx4wVMU6mrC9WQH00K8XPRA Manohar Parrikar "Knows A Whole Lot Of Things" About Rafale: Congress Randeep Surjewala alleged that Manohar Parrikar had on several occasions resisted the Prime Minister's attempts to inflate the benchmark price for purchase of Rafale jets from France's Dassault Aviation. All India | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: November 17, 2018 22:38 IST Manohar Parrikar 'Knows A Whole Lot Of Things' About Rafale: Congress Manohar Parrikar served as the defence minister from 2014-17 (File Photo) PANAJI: Former defence minister and current Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer, knows a "whole lot of things" about the controversial Rafale fighter jet deal, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Saturday. Asked to substantiate an allegation levelled by state Congress president Girish Chodankar that the BJP national leadership had not been able to replace the ailing Mr Parrikar as chief minister because the latter knew "dirty secrets" about the Rafale deal, Mr Surjewala said as the defence minister when the deal was being worked out, Mr Parrikar "knows a whole lot of things". "He (Parrikar) had refused to endorse the completely conspiratorial decision to enrich Dassault Aviation at the cost of state exchequer," he said, adding: "Now that the facts are out in the open, questions should be asked to Parrikar and Narendra Modi." The Congress has been demanding the resignation of Mr Parrikar as the chief minister on account of his ill health. Mr Chodankar has repeatedly claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national President Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi were unable to get Mr Parrikar to resign, as the former defence minister knew several secrets linked to the Rafale deal. The All India Congress Committee in-charge of Communications, who was in Goa to address a press conference, also alleged that Mr Parrikar had on several occasions resisted the Prime Minister's attempts to inflate the benchmark price for purchase of Rafale jets from France's Dassault Aviation. Mr Surjewala said Mr Parrikar, as well as the Defence Acquisition Council, which comprises the defence minister and the three service chiefs, had refused to endorse the increase in the benchmark price for the fighter aircraft from 5.2 billion euros to 9.2 billion euros, but PM Modi had powered through with the deal on his own. "The file was sent to Parrikar. He refused to endorse the higher price of 8.2 billion euros. He took it to Defence Acquisition Council which was then headed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and the three service chiefs. They also refused to endorse the increase of three billion euros," he claimed. "Finally, the file was sent, as it is, to the CCS (Cabinet Committee on Security) headed by PM. PM Modi there ensured that the benchmark price was increased by 3 billion euros or Rs. 23,000 crore. Why did he do so against the advice of his own Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar?" Mr Surjewala said. Mr Parrikar served as the defence minister from 2014-17. -- -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
