Fighter Planes  

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.

'The questions asked to the IAF officials were very basic in nature. They were asked about fifth generation fighter planes and how they were more capable than what the Air Force currently operates. They were also asked about the generation of the Su-30MKI planes and the Rafale planes,' senior IAF officials said

The IAF is working on formulating a set of qualitative requirements against which it is likely to benchmark the bids submitted by six major aircraft manufacturers for supply of 110 fighter jets, instead of going through the tortuous process of field trials and evaluation, as was done in the previous such competition