Hours after the Supreme Court rejected the centre’s objections on the admissibility of leaked documents in the Rafale case, the opposition party leaders on Wednesday sharpened their attack on the government.
Reacting to the order of the apex court, BSP chief Mayawati criticised the Modi-led government for ‘hiding the misdemeanour’ and said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman must resign. Whereas, General secretary CPI (M) Sitaram Yechury also echoed similar sentiments.
Taking to Twitter, Mayawati wrote, “PM Modi must apologise to the people of the country and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman must resign from the post.”
राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा की आड़ में राफेल रक्षा सौदे में भारी गड़बड़ी/भ्रष्टाचार को छिपाने की पीएम श्री मोदी सरकार की कोशिश विफल। सुप्रीम कोर्ट में बीजेपी सरकार पूरी तरह घिरी। संसद के भीतर व बाहर बार-बार झूठ बोलकर देश को गुमराह करने के लिए श्री मोदी माफी मांगे व रक्षा मंत्री इस्तीफा दें
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) April 10, 2019
While Yechury tweeted, “Modi and his govt have compromised national security for corruption & cronyism in an important defence deal. They tried to evade accountability, denied a JPC, hid price from CAG, tried to first mislead, and then stall any hearing in Supreme Court.”
Modi and his govt have compromised national security for corruption & cronyism in an important defence deal. They tried to evade accountability, denied a JPC, hid price from CAG, tried to first mislead, then stall any hearing in Supreme Court. Important that culprits are booked. https://t.co/GORl5LkU95
— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) April 10, 2019
On the other hand, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that PM Modi has cheated the Armed Forces. “To hide his misdeeds, he fooled the Supreme Court,” he added.
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The AAP chief also tweeted, “PM Modi kept saying everywhere that his party has been given a clean chit in the Rafale case. Supreme Court order today has proved that all he has done is ‘lie’ to the people of the country.”
मोदी जी हर जगह कह रहे थे कि उन्हें सुप्रीम कोर्ट से राफ़ेल में क्लीन चिट मिली है। आज के सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फ़ैसले से साबित हो गया कि मोदी जी ने राफ़ेल में चोरी की है, देश की सेना से धोखा किया है और अपना जुर्म छिपाने के लिए सुप्रीम कोर्ट को गुमराह किया। https://t.co/9dup2BpEnq
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 10, 2019