IAF chief “lying” over Rafale deal, says Moily
Team Udayavani, Dec 20, 2018, 7:22 PM IST
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Thursday accused Indian Air Force chief B S Dhanoa of “lying” a day after the latter called the Rafale deal a “game changer” and the Supreme Court verdict on it a “very fine” judgment.
He also demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologize for having sacrificed the security of the nation by entering into the deal.
Moily said the IAF chief along with the head of Dassault Aviation, the manufacturers of Rafale fighter jets, had visited public sector HAL’s Bengaluru headquarters days before the Paris agreement and found it a “competent body with necessary expertise”.
“Today, to say it is fine (the SC judgment)…I think that IAF chief is not fine….he is not fine, he is lying. He is suppressing the truth. He is a party to suppressing the truth,” Moily told reporters here.
Later, talking to a TV news channel, Moily said, “Apology has to be given by Narendra Modi for having sacrificed the security of the nation, having sacrificed the exchequer.”
He said Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who has been assailing the prime minister over the deal, need not apologize for the “bold stand” he has taken on the “scam of the century”. Instead, Gandhi should be appreciated, he said.
The BJP has been demanding an apology from Gandhi for attacking Modi over the Rafale deal even after the Supreme Court’s verdict which found no wrongdoing in it.
“Even the words expressed by the Supreme Court you have heard is based on falsehood and web of lies made by the government of India,” he said.
Moily said Modi gave a “certificate of incompetency” to HAL.
Dhanoa had on Wednesday hailed the SC order and deprecated attempts at politicizing defense purchases, suggesting that this had earlier led to the delay in the Army acquiring the Bofors gun.
“I am not going to comment on the judgment but the Supreme Court has given a very fine judgment. It has also said that this plane is badly needed,” he had told reporters in Jodhpur.
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