A day after the Government told the Supreme Court that documents related to the Rafale deal have been stolen from the Defence Ministry, the Opposition on Thursday attacked the Centre over the issue.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi sought to know why a probe cannot be ordered against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a “Rs 30,000-crore scam” when an investigation has been initiated into the theft of official documents related to the fighter jet deal.
Rahul said “gayab ho gaya” (vanished) is the new tagline that has emerged in the Modi Government and alleged other things that have ‘vanished’ include two crore jobs for youths, right prices for farmers’ produce, Rs 15 lakh in everyone’s bank accounts, farmers’ insurance and promise of eradicating black money after demonetisation, etc.
Alongwith Rahul, other Opposition leaders including West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee and BSP supremo Mayawti also questioned the Government on the matter.
Hitting back at Prime Minister Modi for calling the Congress a “poster boy” of Pakistan for questioning the air strike on terror camps in Balakot, Rahul said, “It is he who is Pakistan’s poster boy, not us”. “Prime Minister got ISI to investigate Pathankot. Prime Minister went to Nawaz Sharif’s (family) wedding and we are the poster boys. He is poster boy of Pakistan hugging Mr Nawaz Sharif, calling Mr Nawaz Sharif to his swearing-in ceremony doing drama,” he said.
He alleged Modi was responsible for delay in delivery of Rafale fighter jets as he was holding “direct negotiations” in the deal and asked why there was no investigation against him when the government was talking of probing others for theft of documents.