News in English daily The Pioneer
Rafale scam: Congress holds
demo in B’ngir
Saturday, 08 September
2018 | PNS | BALANGIR
The
members of Balangir district Congress Committee led by its president Dilip
Behera, Samarendra Mishra and Santosh Singh Saluja staged a protest before the
Collectorate here alleging corruption by the Modi Government in purchase of
Rafale fighter plane from France.
The
Congress leaders criticised the BJP led NDA Government at the Centre for
corruption in purchase of Rafale fighter plane, fuel price rise, inflation and
failure to provide jobs to youths.
The
126 Rafale fighter plane deal was finalised during UPA Government at Rs 526.10
crore per plane with France .18 planes were to be purchased from France and 108
planes were to be produced at HAL with transfer of technology.
But
after the Modi Government came to power, Rafale plane deal was finalised at
Rs1, 670.70 crore per plane and total 36 planes will be purchased.
The
total purchase cost of Rafale plane would have been Rs 18,940 crore, whereas
the Modi Government’s new deal has hiked the total purchase price of fighter
plane to Rs 60,145 crore. Hence, there is a corruption of Rs 41,205 crore in
the deal, the Congress leaders charged. Besides, they told if the planes were
to be produced in HAL, Odisha, it could have provided employment to
35,000-40,000 youths of the State, said former MLA Saluja.
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