As Rahul Gandhi cited a report published in the Hindu newspaper to attack Prime Minister Modi on the Rafale deal yet again, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave it back in equal measure.
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00:00And now, today, in the Hindu newspaper, it is black and white, it is absolutely black
00:10and white that the Prime Minister himself was carrying out a parallel negotiation with
00:17the French.
00:18Every question on Rafale is over and done with, answered.
00:19They are flogging a dead horse.
00:20They are flogging a dead horse.
00:21The newspaper and the opposition party.
00:51We have been saying that there should be a JPC, there should be an inquiry, there should
01:20be an inquiry.
01:21Now it is crystal clear, the ministry itself has said, and I will read it to you, it is
01:28therefore clear that parallel discussions by the PMO has weakened the negotiating position
01:35of MOD and the Indian negotiating team.
01:52And I want to speak to every single member of the armed forces of this nation.
01:56You defend us, you protect us, you fight for us, you die for us.
02:05And here, it is absolutely clear that the Prime Minister has stolen 30,000 crores of
02:15your money, bypassed the process and given it to his friend Mr. Anil Ambani.
02:23The newspaper and the opposition party, and in other words, they are, like what the Honourable
02:31Prime Minister said yesterday, playing into the hands of multinational corporations and
02:37with vested interests, keeping the issue alive.
02:40They are not interested in the Indian Air Force getting powerful.
02:44They are not interested in the Indian Air Force becoming empowered.
02:48So it is open and shut that the Defence Ministry itself is saying that the Prime Minister is
02:55conducting parallel negotiations.
02:58Mr. Hollande said, Narendra Modi ji mere paas aaye aur Narendra Modi ji ne mujhe kaha
03:06ki Anil Ambani ko contract milna hai, HAL ko pare karna hai.
03:11Defence Ministry ne wo sabit kar diya hai, ki jo Hollande ji ne kaha tha, wo sach tha
03:18aur Narendra Modi ji Rafael maamle me guilty hai.
03:24And the opposition leaders who want a reply should now know what that reply of that then
03:32Raksha Mantri Sri Parikar was.
03:35Then Raksha Mantri Sri Parikar had very clearly said, in response to that, while noting of
03:44the Defence Secretary to remain calm, there is nothing to worry, things are going alright.