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Modi launches attack on Congress over helicopter deal

  •   Tue, Dec 25 2018 07:37:38 PM

Bogibeel, Dec 25 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, without naming anyone, saying that no one could have even thought four years back that the 'key secret player' (sabse bada raajdar) in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal would ever be in an Indian jail.

"No one ever thought that 'sabse bada raajdar' in the helicopter deal would be in an Indian jail. Our government did the work to bring him back to India and hand him to the law enforcers," Modi said while referring to the recent extradition of Christian Michel, the middleman of AugustaWestland helicopter deal.

Modi was speaking to a huge gathering near Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge in Assam, which he inaugurated on Tuesday.

"While we are ensuring the rights of the poor, we are also fighting against black money and those indulging in corruption," he said, adding that while the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre had distributed 1.25 crore houses under Prime Minister Awas Yojaha (PMAY), the government has also seized properties worth over Rs 5,000 crore under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The Prime Minister said while the government has sanctioned a loan of Rs 7 lakh crore under the Mudra loan without security deposits, the government had also taken stern steps to recover defaulters' loans to the tune of Rs 3 lakh crore sanctioned by banks during the previous governments.
  

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  • A L M, Mangalore

    Wed, Dec 26 2018

    From the 5th of Dec uptill now -CBI then ED have held Michel Christian -with no visible result -looks like PM wants to use arrest for PR . Time pass is favorite hobby .
    Since 2014-Agusta Westland is on and off-Sometimes they drag Retd Air chief Marshal Tyagi on the streets and sometimes shout about C Michel -depends what election is going on.

    Same with Subhash Chandra Bose, V Patel,Late PM Vajpayee -they ll gather round some symbol of the past and look appropriately solemn or in case of Nehru ,Indira Gandhi like some punisher about to sentence already long dead people

    When will this all end and someone picks a BROOM to sweep the streets -I think Swachh Bharat will re start in Feb or March before LS election

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    The spectre of the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam has come back to hound the BJP. In what has been panning out like a wrestling match between the BJP and the Congress, the emergence of documents that indict the BJP-led Chhattisgarh government for a dubious deal with the Italian helicopter company brings a new political twist. Released by the Swaraj Abhiyan – the political collective led by former Aam Aadmi Party member Yogendra Yadav and eminent advocate Prashant Bhushan the documents show how the Raman Singh-led state government in 2007 issued a global tender to purchase a specific Agusta 109 Power E helicopter. In response, only three companies all related to AgustaWestland – bid for the tender, making the purchase look like a case of favouritism.
    The Swaraj Abhiyan gave a detailed account of how Singh bought one helicopter at an escalated price, three years before the VVIP scam came to light.
    The $6.31 million price included a commission of $200,000 payable to Sharp Ocean for arranging a pre-sold helicopter. Following a few more rounds of talks, the state government issued a global tender for the purchase of the Agusta 109 Power E helicopter. It is crucial to note the tender was to buy a model made by only Augusta, despite several other manufacturers making choppers with similar specifications.
    1. Why were sham bids submitted by AgustaWestland, OSS Ltd, being the service provider of Agusta in India, and Sharp Ocean, Agusta’s dealer based in Hong Kong, when all three entities are closely connected to one another?
    2. Why did the Chhattisgarh government incur an excess cost of $1.34 million in respect of the purchase of the chopper surrendered by Serum Institute?
    3. Why was a bank account opened by Abhishek Singh, son of Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, in the tax havens of the British Virgin Islands around the same time when the payments to Agusta and Sharp Ocean were affected?
    Will BJP and Modiji answer the Dr.Ramn Sing govt. fraud?
    JaiHind

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    Oh my God his charming face after rafale drastically differ and reduced as well afte rafale exposed

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    CONgress tried hard to protect Christian Michel in court by sending lawyers from own party

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  • mahesh, mangalore

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    Congress only talked.
    They could NOT submit any document to the court when the case was on.

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  • shetty, puttur

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    You guys still talk about Rafael even after Supreme court verdict. It makes me think Rahul Gandhi is smarter than.......

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  • Salam, Manglore

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    Then one judge said I am helpless, why?

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  • Surendra Poojari, Mangalore

    Wed, Dec 26 2018

    Who killed Justice Loya???? So, Supreme Court is under whose court??? Indians should know what is Rafale as it's our tax payers money. Why government is scared of JPC probe???

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  • Sanjay, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    Counter attacking, to divert from Rafale deal.
    His popularity was noticed by looting the tax payers money.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    u chaiwala is a rafale scamster.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    Your Rafale scam was master of all the scams..

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Dec 25 2018

    We are not going to Forgive or Forget your Rafael Deal ...

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  • Patric, Kulshekar

    Wed, Dec 26 2018

    Then show it in mumbai parliment election!

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