In 2016, the federal
government agreed to pay Rs 58,000 crore to France's Tasso for 36 Rafale combat jets. In the by-elections, opposition parties have announced that they will not run. Opposition parties have slammed Anil Ambani's
reliance Defense for failing to award the PSU the
contract to manufacture aeroplane replacement parts. The petition for an inquiry into the matter was dismissed by the
supreme Court.
In this context, Mediapart, a French online intelligence publication, revealed in
april that Dassault had bribed an
indian broker in order to secure the Raphael contract. In a French court, the case is being heard. Following this, on the 7th, Mediapard
media produced another
news article. "The mediator in the Raphael
war jet transaction, Suzanne Gupta, was paid a bribe of Rs 65 crore," it stated. From 2004 through 2013, the bribe money was given over.
BJP Spokes person
sandeep Badra said, "Allow
rahul gandhi to respond from Italy. Why did you and your
party spend so much time spreading lies about Raphael? The commission was paid from 2007 to 2012, during which time the name of a middleman was revealed. A commission is being sought by Congress. All of the Gandhis want a commission:
sonia gandhi,
rahul gandhi,
priyanka gandhi Vadra, and Robert Vadra. The
letter C stands for
congress, and it is self-evident that
congress stands for Corruption and Commission."