Dassault Aviation  

October 8 has been chosen as it is auspicious for two reasons. It is both Dussehra and Air Force Day, said government sources.  Defence minister Rajnath Singh will travel to France to receive the first Rafale combat aircraft manufactured by French firm Dassault Aviation.

The students of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Maharashtra will learn how to assemble parts of the Rafale jet. The French aviation company and the ITI have jointly designed the syllabus of the two-year course

Facing a dipping number of fighter jets in India, PM Modi signed an SOS deal. In 2016, an inter-governmental deal was signed with France to purchase "ready-made" 36 Rafale aircraft from Dassault aviation. 
 

Rahul Gandhi apparently appreciates the style of Kejriwal of lying and making false and baseless allegations. He tried that with his concocted takes on the deal for Rafale fighter planes. Scared of inviting the ire of the Supreme Court, he grudgingly tendered an apology for having attributed to the court what was a figment of his imagination. That was not a genuine apology. The apex court must come up with a stricter approach to deal with politicians who defame rivals wantonly with falsehoods and then say 'sorry' out of fear.

In December, the apex court had rejected the petition that accused the government of deliberately procuring 36 Rafale fighter jets at an inflated price to help Anil Ambani’s newly formed defence firm get an offset contract with jet-maker Dassault Aviation.

The Hindu report claimed that the Narendra Modi government's agreement for acquiring 36 Rafale jets gave major concessions to the Dassault Aviation, whereas this was Congress's defence minister AK Antony's doing

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

There is no factual basis of the Congress’s allegation that the Narendra Modi government favoured any company, Anil Ambani’s or anybody else’s, in choosing an offset partner for Dassault Aviation, the maker of Rafale fighter aircraft. But Rahul Gandhi is going on and on at the expense of the country’s defence preparedness.