Clear air on Rafale deal: Mayawati to Centre
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Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati has asked the Centre to clear the air on the Rafale deal.
In the backdrop of the renewed controversy over the purchase of Rafale aircraft from France, Mayawati on Monday, tweeted in Hindi that the Centre should take cognizance of the issue and clear the air on it.
Mayawati said that BJP should put an end to the controversies by responding to the issue. She recalled that investigations into the defence deals were not a new phenomenon in the Indian politics, in an obvious reference to the Bofors scandal that had originated during the Congress regime.
A French report by Mediapart stated that a judge has been appointed to conduct a judicial investigation into allegations of corruption and favouritism in the pact for 36 Rafale fighter planes of 7.8 billion euros between the Indian government and French aircraft manufacturer Dassault, followed by a complaint filed by the French NGO Sherpa.
(With inputs from IANS)