[Marxistindia] Rafale Deal Enquiry a Must

[news from the cpi(m)]

April 6, 2021



Press Statement



The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued  
the following statement:



Rafale Deal Enquiry a Must



The current revelation in a French media portal that one million euros  
were paid to a “middleman” in the deal to buy 36 Rafale jets has once  
again raised the issue of kickbacks and other illegal payments in the  
Rafale deal.  The report is based on an analysis of the Dassault  
company’s accounts of 2017.



The dogged refusal by the Modi government to order a probe into the  
Rafale deal raises suspicion that it has something to  hide in the  
matter.  The CAG audit report could not obviously look into the issue  
of illegal payments.



The CPI(M) demands the institution of a high-level investigation into  
the whole business of cancellation of the earlier order and the fresh  
order for 36 planes at a higher cost.