Rafale deal | ‘Completely baseless’, says BJP on bribe allegations
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Congress raised this problem in 2019 Lok Sabha polls and misplaced badly, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday dismissed as “completely baseless” allegations showing in media stories in France of payoffs to middlemen within the Rafale plane deal.
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At a press convention on the occasion headquarters right here on the resignation of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh after the Supreme Court requested the CBI to probe allegations of graft in opposition to him, Mr. Prasad additionally responded to questions on the French media stories.
He mentioned the Supreme Court had rejected a requirement for a probe within the buy of the fighter plane and the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) had additionally discovered nothing incorrect.
He mentioned the allegations of corruption had been “completely baseless” and advised that the report in regards to the alleged monetary irregularity could also be as a result of “corporate rivalry” in that nation.
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He mentioned the Congress had raised this problem within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and misplaced badly.
The Congress had on Monday sought a radical probe within the deal and demanded solutions from Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a French media report claimed that €1.1 million had been paid to a ‘middleman’ by the plane producer.
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