NEW DELHI: The deal for purchase of 36 Rafale fighter planes from France is not done yet, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today with an assertion that the Government was negotiating to reduce to deal value and “save a lot” of money.
He accused Congress of spreading rumours that the Rafale deal was being signed for USD 9 billion.
“We will reduce the deal value and we will save a lot. We will show them that we curved out a better deal that what the UPA Government was getting that time,” Parrikar said in the Lok Sabha during Calling Attention Motion on the controversial AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal.
He said Congress had spread the word that the Rafale deal was signed for USD 9 billion, which got widely reported. “In such a situation, even other people also get carried with such false information,” Parrikar said. (AGENCIES)
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