The Congress on Monday accused the government of insulting Opposition leaders and resorting to diversionary tactics instead of answering key questions on the Rafale deal, which it said was only deepening the people’s suspicions. “What we got from the government is abuses, ridicule, insults, obfuscation and diversion,” Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said. Singhvi alleged that the facts left no doubt that the Centre had violated defence procurement norms and was guilty of crony capitalism in the Rafale deal. “The Prime Minister announced a new deal when the UPA deal was alive. The UPA deal was cancelled on July 30, 2015, after Narendra Modi announced the (new) deal on April 10, 2015,” he said.

Source: The Telegraph September 24, 2018 23:03 UTC