Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman should resign over the Rafale Deal. Launching a scathing attack on Nirmala Sitharaman. Rahul said she has been “tasked with defending corruption”.
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“She has been caught lying again on the Rafale deal. Her position is untenable and she must resign,” he said.
The RM (Rafale Minister) tasked with defending corruption has been caught lying again. The former HAL Chief, T S Raju, has nailed her lie, that HAL didn’t have the capability to build the RAFALE. Her position is untenable & she must resign. https://t.co/7mKXV5wo8x
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 20, 2018
Rahul was responding to a report published in the Hindustan Times where former chief of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) RS Raju was quoted as saying that the Rifale fighter plane could have been manufactured in India and HAL had the capability to do it.
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Gandhi quoted the news report in his tweet attack to say that former HAL chief, TS Raju, had “nailed” Sitharaman’s “lie”. Her position, he said, had become “untenable”.