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Twitter users who attacked Rahul Gandhi and his Congress with the hashtag on Tuesday insinuated that the president of the oldest party was making so much of noise over the Rafale deal at the behest of Dassault Aviation's competitor, the European Consortium that makes Eurofighter Typhoon
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi faced severe backlash on social media on Tuesday morning over the alleged Eurofighter Typhoon jets scam after it emerged that AgustaWestland scandal accused Christian Michel was lobbying for Eurofighter against Dassault Rafale as well.
#CongressEuroFighterScandal was one of the top trends on Twitter this morning. The grand old party came in for massive criticism from the BJP leaders and numerous Twitter users.
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According to an India Today report, two middlemen accused of getting kickbacks in the VVIP AgustaWestland chopper deal also stategised for Rafale's competitor Eurofighter.
In 2007, when India issued a formal request for proposal (RFP) to buy 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), France's Rafale was competing with five other fighter jets, the report said. By 2011, the competition was reduced to two, between Rafale and Eurofighter and in the end the former was chosen.
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The report stated that Michel and Italian middleman Guido Haschke worked to place Eurofighter in the "win zone".
Michel, a British national, is accused of paying kickbacks to secure the Rs 3,600 crore deal for 12 VVIP helicopters in 2007. The deal was scrapped in 2013 following the bribery allegations.
The Enforcement Directorate told the Patiala House Court that Michel had taken the name of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi during his interrogation.
The reference to "Mrs Gandhi", however, was made in what context is not yet clear. The ED also said that he had conversed in codes.
Twitter users who attacked Rahul Gandhi and his Congress with the hashtag on Tuesday insinuated that the president of the oldest party was making so much of noise over the Rafale deal at the behest of Dassault Aviation's competitor, the European Consortium that makes Eurofighter Typhoon.
The conspiracy theory is that the Narandra Modi government might scrap the deal out of frustration after which the Eurofighter will again stand a fighting chance to grab the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) deal!
Here are some of the reactions from Twitter on alleged ‘Eurofighter scandal’.
What is this Rs 562 crore that Rahul Gandhi keeps quoting? Seems this amount is the cut that Rahul Gandhi was getting from Eurofighter to get the Rafale deal cancelled through lobbying by Christian Michel.
— Nichya (@NichyaVerma)At first, we all thought that rebuked the because of 's corrupt thinking but little did we know that the real reason was the failure of his own party's corrupt deal of .
— Shruti Negi (@ShrutiNegi6)It is in all scandals. Still people vote for congress and the polticians say indian voters are intelligent. I have my own doubts
— ravindra kumar (@ravindrakumar46)If doesn't get a cut in commission then becomes .
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CONgress Mother of all scams, all scandals!
— Rahul Vyas (@vyasrahul)Has Rahul Gandhi got no shame? Congress party’s Mallikarjun Kharge himself slammed HAL in
his PAC report. And now Rahul Gandhi is questioning the Modi govt on the projects given to
HAL during his rule?
After being demolished on Rafale, Congress has been exposed for conspiring with Christian Michel to sabotage the Rafale deal. No surprise that they are making personal attacks on the Defence Minister as a last resort.
— Sadananda Gowda (@DVSBJP)In the latest expose Christian Michael tells how Congress stopped the much needed Rafael because they were getting commission in EuroFighter
— Punit Agarwal (@Punitspeaks)Will tell? How long will you keep playing with India's national security? Other countries have already reinforced their security. Aren't you, by raising all this, compromising national security?" pic.twitter.com/mhXGY9dhH7
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar)What is this Rs 562 crore that Rahul Gandhi keeps quoting? Seems this amount is the cut that Rahul Gandhi was getting from Eurofighter to get the Rafale deal cancelled through lobbying by Christian Michel.
— Nichya (@NichyaVerma)Read Exclusive COVID-19 Coronavirus News updates, at MyNation.