New Delhi | The Congress Party on Monday questioned the silence of former Defence minister and the current Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar over the issue of the Rafale deal.
Addressing the media, Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi questioned that how despite being the-then Defence Minister Parrikar “Did not know that a deal had been negotiated, signed and agreed upon?” She said, “A Defence Minister who knew about bypassing of the cabinet committee on security (CCS) norms, transfer of technology and not following of defence procurement procedure, continues to maintain his silence and chooses not to answer”.”So his silence is a conspiracy in an agreement that has betrayed this nation,” she added.
Alleging Manohar Parrikar for hiding over the alleged scam the Congress spokesperson said, “Here is a Defence Minister, who just days before the deal was signed, had gone on record to say that some terms of the agreement were non-negotiable. But you were aware that those were the very clauses that were negotiated in France.”
“And the nation saw how Mr Parrikar continued to hide, instead of giving answers on the deal. It is a known fact that he himself was not prepared for it and was caught off guard,” Chaturvedi claimed.
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