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Don't politicise your visit to an ailing man, Parrikar tells Rahul

  •   Wed, Jan 30 2019 06:22:06 PM

Panaji, Jan 30 (IANS): Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday rejected Congress president Rahul Gandhis claim that he (Parrikar) had told him that he had "nothing to do" with the new Rafale deal, saying the Congress leader should not "use your visit to an ailing man to feed political opportunism".

In a strongly-worded letter to the Congress president, Parrikar said, "I feel let down that you have used this visit for your petty political gains. In the five minutes you spent with me, neither did you mention anything about Rafale nor did we discuss anything about/related to it."

Parrikar said that reading media reports covering the visit caused him "distress".

"It is reported in the media that you have said quoting me that I was nowhere in the process of procuring Rafale nor did I have any information then about it. Nothing whatsoever about Rafale was even mentioned in your meeting with me," he added.

The letter came after Gandhi publicly claimed after meeting Parrikar on Tuesday that the latter told him he had "nothing to do with the new Rafale deal".

"Yesterday (Tuesday) without any prior information you called on me and enquired about my health...Paying a courtesy visit and then stooping so low as to make a false statement for petty political gain has raised in my mind questions about the sincerity and purpose of your visit," Parrikar said.

Reiterating that the Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) and the procurement of Rafale were in accordance with the Defence Procurement Procedure, Parrikar said, "With deep disappointment, I write to you hoping that you would put out the truth."
  

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 31 2019

    It is the meeting with Rahul that has triggered this storm in a tea cup. Parikar could have been patient to figure out in what context Rahul Gandhi had mentioned about his non involvement in the Rafale deal and for Amit Shah like a loose cannon to indulge in slander. Want to gain political points through deceit.

    Rahul in his reply has clarified the issue and has certainly not made use of his courtesy call to indulge in lies and falsehoods like Modi.

    The Rafale controversy will never die down until Modi clears his name with a JPC probe and a CBI probe. Until then the chorus will keep building up. Gali Gali Meh Shor Hai Chowkidar Chor Hai.

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