Hours after Rahul Gandhi attacked PMO for “parallel negotiations” in Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dismissed the charges and said the Congress was “flogging a dead horse.”AdvertisingIn her address in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman rubbished The Hindu report that stated Defence Ministry’s objections to the “parallel negotiations” carried out by the PMO in the Rafale defence deal. Periodical enquiries by the PMO cannot be construed as interference,” Sitharaman told Lok Sabha. She added that the then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had replied to the letter asking the official to remain “calm” as everything was “alright”. But investigate Rafale deal,” he told at a press briefing in New Delhi. @PMOIndia ‘weakened the negotiating position of the Ministry of Defence & the Indian Negotiating Team’ as per this note in a MOD file that went up the Defence Minister.”

Source: Indian Express February 08, 2019 08:03 UTC