[So, it was a comprehensive "deal". Far more comprehensive than ever imagined before. So, now, another Balakot Bluff!???
Let's, here, recount only the most egregious element of the "deal". Never mind that there're too many. *While, by now, a number of glaring irregularities, including abrupt spike in price, despite deletion of the provision for technology transfer, and undue and illegitimate interference by the PMO, in vital stages, have come to light and, perhaps, more and more are in the pipeline, the most important issue, as it appears, remains that the requirement of 126 (18 squadrons) of fighter jets, worked out via the due and arduous process was drastically * *slashed to only 36 (merely 2 squadrons) by Modi, while announcing the "deal" on the soil of Paris, with Anil Ambani very much in tow, on April 10 2015, without any whatever input from the user department, let alone the mandatory CCS approval, with even the Defence Minister completely in the dark (ref.: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2udl1EHdZ2s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2udl1EHdZ2s>>, 0:18 - 0:26 mins.).* *So was the Foreign Secretary, who had categorically denied any possibility of concluding any agreement on the Rafale jets just two days before the, out of the blue, announcment, while briefing the media specifically on the PM's Europe tour to commence the next day (ref.: <https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/25044/Transcript+of+Media+Briefing+by+Foreign+Secretary+on+Prime+Ministers+forthcoming+visits+to+France+Germany+and+Canada+8+April+2015 <https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/25044/Transcript+of+Media+Briefing+by+Foreign+Secretary+on+Prime+Ministers+forthcoming+visits+to+France+Germany+and+Canada+8+April+2015>>).* *And, on 25 03 15, i.e. just around a fortnight before the "announcement", the Dassault Chairman would publicly assert, in the presence of IAF & HAL Chiefs, that the finalised agreement with the HAL would "come very soon" (ref.: <https://mobile.twitter.com/incindia/status/1043750808041320448?lang=en&fbclid=IwAR0o0TljZtiDzCHsJmME2pgN44yad-MXKTwdsea88t7OjwBx91gJ_zYsP2c <https://mobile.twitter.com/incindia/status/1043750808041320448?lang=en&fbclid=IwAR0o0TljZtiDzCHsJmME2pgN44yad-MXKTwdsea88t7OjwBx91gJ_zYsP2c>>, 0:50 mins onward).* *Elsewhere, he is reported to have said, the same day, that the paper work was "95 percent completed" and the HAL would be the local co-contractor for assembling the Rafale (ref.: <https://www.defensenews.com/2015/03/26/dassault-work-on-india-rafale-sale-95-done/ <https://www.defensenews.com/2015/03/26/dassault-work-on-india-rafale-sale-95-done/>>).* *That, like nothing else, lays completely bare the shockingly fraudulent nature of the "deal".* *And, by all appearance, it's Modi, and only Modi - the "Chowkidar", from the GoI, committed this fraud on the nation and its armed forces.* Reproduced below at sl. no. I., the Google translation of an explosive report by the foremost daily of France, just hours before, exposing another facet of the basket of frauds. The opening portion that is available without subscription. The essence of the report, as captured in a tweet, followed up with several others, by the paper's South Asia bureau chief, is: julien bouissou @jubouissou 9h9 hours ago Breaking : French authorities waived taxes worth 143,7 [read: 143.7] million euros for Anil Ambani's French-based company just a few months after PM Modi announced his plans to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault. Our story with (Ref.: <https://twitter.com/jubouissou/status/1116929514666254336>.) At sl. no. II. a comment by the Congress President Rahul Gandhi. At sl. no. III. another by the CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury. (Visit the site for the screenshots.)] I/III. https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2019/04/13/comment-la-france-a-efface-la-dette-fiscale-d-un-industriel-indien-associe-de-dassault_5449659_3234.html How France has cleared the tax debt of an Indian industrial associate of Dassault Anil Ambani, a close friend of Prime Minister Modi, benefited from a cancellation of more than 140 million euros in 2015, when Dassault negotiated the sale of Rafale to India. By Julien Bouissou and Anne Michel Published today at 06:31, updated at 09:32 Play Time 10 min. Anil Ambani at a conference in Mumbai, June 2, 2017. SHAILESH ANDRADE / REUTERS The man at the heart of the "Rafale affair", which has shaken India for months, is a powerful Indian industrialist whose fortune is estimated at $ 1.9 billion (€ 1.68 billion). Forbes magazine . Anil Ambani is at the same time one of the main beneficiaries of this sale of thirty-six French combat aircraft of Dassault Aviation to India, and a very close to the prime minister, Narendra Modi. Not a day goes by without the opposition in India accusing Mr. Modi of taking advantage of this contract of 7.9 billion euros, negotiated in 2015, favoring his friend Ambani. In France, the anti-corruption NGO Sherpa filed a complaint, on October 26, 2018, with the National Financial Office (PNF), to request the opening of an investigation into the suspicions of corruption and trading in influence surrounding this transaction. . Read also Rafale contracts in India: NGO Sherpa wants PNF inquiry into suspicion of "corruption" According to information from the World , France has canceled a tax recovery of a total amount of 143.7 million euros, yet claimed for years, in favor of a French company belonging to the group Reliance Communications Anil Ambani. The dispute was settled between February and October 2015, at a time when India and France were negotiating the sale of thirty-six combat aircraft. What happened that year? The French company Reliance Flag Atlantic France, owned by Anil Ambani, knows at this time of great financial worries. Its solvency is threatened by a large tax debt. The company provides telecommunications services, operating, inter alia, with other companies in the Reliance group, a transatlantic submarine telecommunication cable between Europe and the United States, and has a turnover of 60, € 6 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. Two tax adjustments As revealed by the report of 30 January 2015 by the auditor, whose role is to certify the accounts of the company, and to which Le Monde had access, Reliance Flag Atlantic France is subject to two tax adjustments. In particular, the tax authorities dispute the way in which the company accounted for certain purchases from other companies in the Reliance group, due to a lack of "documentation", which is tantamount to challenging the methodology used by Reliance Flag Atlantic France for calculate his "transfer prices". This well known technique of regulators is used by companies to reduce their tax bill. It is used to send profits to tax havens, where they will not be taxed. The parent company of the French company Anil Ambani, Reliance Globalcom Limited, is domiciled in Bermuda ... A territory that has just been registered, in March, on the blacklist of tax havens in the European Union (EU). II/III. https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/money-for-nyay-will-come-from-modi-s-friend-rahul-gandhi-targets-pm-in-karnataka/story-OcgbwMxVLgBFIbAZdiBfJM.html ‘Money for NYAY will come from Modi’s friend’: Rahul Gandhi targets PM in Karnataka At Kolar Lok Sabha seat, Congress president Rahul Gandhi mounted fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of diverting money meant for the Indian Air Force to “his industrialist friend”. Updated: Apr 13, 2019 14:25 IST Hindustan Times, Kolar, Karnataka Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said that if the party comes to power it will roll out a minimum income guarantee scheme for the poor. (AFP file) Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday sharpened his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that he extended “undue favours” to his industrialist friends, who looted the country. “When we announced NYAY (Nyuntam Aay Yojana), the face of the chowkidar (a reference to PM Modi) changed. It shrank. He asked where will money come from to implement NYAY. I am telling you Modiji, the money for NYAY will come from your friend Anil Ambani,” said Gandhi addressing an election rally at Kolar in Karnataka. Gandhi said once the Congress forms government after the Lok Sabha elections, it will deposit Rs 72,000 in a year in the bank accounts of the poor families of the country. “Narendra Modi spoke about giving Rs 15 lakh to the poor. It was a lie. We dug out the truth. The Congress will deposit Rs 3.60 lakh rupees in the bank accounts of the poor in five years. The money will go into the bank accounts of women of the beneficiary families,” Gandhi said. The Congress president accused PM Modi of diverting money meant for the Indian Air Force to favour businessman Anil Ambani, whose firm, Reliance Defence is an offset partner of the Dassault Aviation, the French company which has got the contract for supply of 36 Rafale fighter jets. India and France signed an agreement for the purchase of Rafale fighter jets in 2016. The Congress has alleged malfeasance in the Rafale deal. At his Kolar rally, Gandhi said, “You (PM Modi) talk about corruption but you have given money to Anil Ambani by stealing Rs 30,000 of the Indian Air Force.” Karnataka will vote in two of the seven phases of the Lok Sabha polls – April 18 and April 23 - 14 Lok Sabha seats in each phase. Kolar Lok Sabha constituency, where the Congress president was addressing his election rally, goes to the polls on April 18 in the second phase of the parliamentary elections. The Congress has kept a firm hold over the Kolar Lok Sabha seat. The party has lost the seat only once since 1977. Former Union minister KH Muniyappa is the sitting MP from Kolar seat and has won it seven times in a row. The Congress veteran is in the fray again and fighting against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s S Muniswamy, a greenhorn, in the seat reserved for members of Scheduled Castes. “This is a fight between the ideologies of hate and unity. The victory will be of Congress and JDS,” said Gandhi. First Published: Apr 13, 2019 14:23 IST III. https://newscentral24x7.com/rafale-narendra-modi-tax-waiver-france-anil-ambani-corruption-sitaram-yechury/?fbclid=IwAR24DsTgGZdOoMS6xgyYqsw7wdj0QkfVls838zMImzzpFRw0RWljTz1tGHc Tax Benefits for Ambani, Fewer Jets & More Expenditure for India. No Wonder BJP Created Electoral Bonds: Sitaram Yechury The CPI(M) leader referred to a report which states that French authorities gave Ambani's company a €143.7 million tax waiver months after Modi announced the Rafale deal. By NewsCentral Staff On Apr 13, 2019 Last updated Apr 13, 2019 Sitaram Yechury Sitaram Yechury (PC: Wikimedia Commons/Kannan Shanmugam) Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] general secretary Sitaram Yechury hit out at Prime Minister Narendra for allegedly helping Anil Ambani secure tax benefits from French authorities through Rafale negotiations. He was referring to an exposé by French newspaper Le Monde which stated that French authorities gave Anil Ambani’s company a tax waiver of 143.7 million Euros months after PM Modi announced the Rafale deal. The CPI(M) leader tweeted that Modi bypassed the homegrown weapons manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to give the deal to “crony” Anil Ambani. The number of aircrafts to be bought was also brought down, compromising national security in the process, he added. Sitaram Yechury ✔ @SitaramYechury Modi goes to France, compromises national security by signing on fewer aircraft, gives deal to crony Ambani, HAL is kept out. So the public pays 41% higher amount for fewer aircraft and crony also gets massive tax breaks. Modi formula of helping his rich friends. #RafaleScam julien bouissou @jubouissou Breaking : French authorities waived taxes worth 143,7 million euros for Anil Ambani's French-based company just a few months after PM Modi announced his plans to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault. Our story with @annemichel_LMhttps:// www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2019/04/13/comment-la-france-a-efface-la-dette-fiscale-d-un-industriel-indien-associe-de-dassault_5449659_3234.html … 490 11:10 AM - Apr 13, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 244 people are talking about this Yechury further said that as a result of the revised Rafale deal, the Indian taxpayer pays 41% more for fewer aircrafts and Ambani gets tax breaks from the French government, and that this is “Modi formula of helping his rich friends.” Also Read: France Gave Anil Ambani’s Company Rs 11,24,99,03,558 Tax Waiver Months After Modi Announced Rafale Deal In another tweet Yechury said that the whole nexus of Rafale deal is out in the open. The Prime Minister’s office bypassed the Indian Air Force and was directly linked to Rafale scam. The National Security Agency (NSA) overreached and was illegally negotiating the deal. He also pointed out that former French President Francoise Hollande had already said that Modi had specifically asked for the Rafale deal to go to Anil Ambani. This bolstered the Modi-Ambani connection. The latter’s French tax waivers was also in the mix, hence Ambani needed the deal. View image on TwitterView image on TwitterView image on TwitterView image on Twitter Sitaram Yechury ✔ @SitaramYechury The whole nexus is now coming out into the open. PMO was directly involved in Rafale scam bypassing our Air Force, and NSA was illegally negotiating in Paris. As former French President said, Modi asked for Anil Ambani as a partner for the deal. And now this - French tax waivers 302 11:12 AM - Apr 13, 2019 186 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy In conclusion, the CPIM leader pointed out that public money was used by the Modi-led BJP government to pay much higher for fewer Rafale fighter jets to help out Modi’s friend Anil Ambani and get him a tax break. Yechury also brought up that it was only natural the BJP introduced anonymous electoral bonds to help line the party’s wallets, hence making corruption legal. Sitaram Yechury ✔ @SitaramYechury So, our public money is used by Modi govt to pay exorbitantly more for far fewer Rafale fighters than required, to benefit a crony businessman through the defence deal and French tax benefit. No wonder BJP introduced secret Electoral Bonds for party funding, legalising corruption Sitaram Yechury ✔ @SitaramYechury The whole nexus is now coming out into the open. PMO was directly involved in Rafale scam bypassing our Air Force, and NSA was illegally negotiating in Paris. As former French President said, Modi asked for Anil Ambani as a partner for the deal. 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