New Delhi,
\nCongress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday continued his attack on the government over the Rafale aircraft deal and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not answering his questions because there was something \u201cfishy\u201d about it.<\/p>\n
Referring to Modi\u2019s speeches in Parliament yesterday, he told reporters here it was clear that the prime minister was not interested in answering \u201cfundamental questions\u201d.<\/p>\n
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, he said, had first announced that she would inform the nation about the cost of purchasing Rafale aircraft but was now saying she could not do so as it was a state secret.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich of her two statements is correct,\u201d he asked. Later in a tweet, Gandhi wondered why she had \u201cchanged\u201d her stand. Was it to hide corruption or was it a bid to protect the prime minister or \u201cModiji\u2019s friend\u201d, he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did the Raksha Mantri change her stance from: I will reveal the price of the RAFALE planes in Nov 2017 to the price is a state secret in Feb 2018. A) Corruption B) To protect Modiji C) To protect Modiji\u2019s friend D) All of above,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n
Gandhi said he had also posed three questions to Modi.<\/p>\n
These included the aircraft\u2019s cost and \u201chanding over\u201d the deal to a businessman after \u201csnatching\u201d it from a public undertaking.<\/p>\n
However, there was no reply, Gandhi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere can be only one answer and it is that there is something fishy about this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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