Amid ongoing debate and scrutiny over the Rafale fighter jets, the Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said that the Rafale deal was a “good package” and the aircraft will be a “game-changer” for the subcontinent.
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Dassault Aviation selected the offset partner and the government and Indian Air Force had no role in it, he told reporters. “Rafale is a good aircraft. It will be game-changer when it comes to the subcontinent,” he said at a press conference.
“We have got a good package, got a lot of advantages in Rafale deal,” the Indian Airforce chief stated. The opposition led by Rahul Gandhi has been blaming the BJP led Modi government of benefitting Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defence Ltd from the Rafale deal. The BJP has dismissed all the allegations as baseless.
The Rafale controversy took a new turn last month after Francois Hollande, who was French president when the Rs 58,000 crore deal was announced, was quoted as saying by French publication Mediapart that France was given “no choice” on the selection of the Indian partner for Dassault. The Indian government proposed the name of Reliance as offset partner for the French aerospace giant, he said.
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