In her eagerness to de… https://t.co/qkD3r39OwL — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1546762969000Hours after Rahul Gandhi accused her of "lying" about procurement orders worth Rs 1 lakh crore for aerospace major HAL, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday called it a matter of "shame" that the Congress chief was "misleading" the country without fully understanding the issue. Suggesting that Gandhi jumped the gun while making the charges following a media report, Sitharaman's office tweeted that Gandhi should "start from ABCs" and read the complete report before commenting on it. HAL has signed contracts worth Rs 26570.8 Cr (Between 2014 and 2018) and contracts worth Rs 73000 Cr are in the pipeline. "Tomorrow, RM must place before Parliament documents showing 1 Lakh crore of Govt orders to HAL. Defence Minister claimed that procurement orders worth Rs 1 Lakh Crore provided to HAL!

Source: Economic Times January 06, 2019 12:56 UTC