CHENNAI: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday rejected the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to look into the Rafale deal, saying it was unlike the 2G Spectrum or Bofors issues where aspects like the money trail surfaced.
“It is not needed,” she told reporters here in reply to a question on the matter.
Unlike the 2G issue, no institution like the Comptroller and Auditor General said anything against the Rafale deal, she said.
The matter even reached the Supreme Court which expressed its satisfaction, be it process involved or the price, she told reporters here.
Later, the issue was debated in Parliament as well when members of Opposition did not even bother to listen when the Government answered them point by point, she said.
JPC for issues like the 2G Spectrum or Bofors were set up in the past following aspects like money trail and related bank account in Switzerland published extensively by the media, she said.
“However, it was not the case with Rafale where there are no middle men like Quattarocchi or the money trail,” she said. (AGENCIES)
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