The opposition leader and the government finance minister clashed over who was telling the truth and who was lying about the controversial aircraft deal.
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00:00The Prime Minister does not have the guts to come to Parliament and confront the questions.
00:06There are some people and families in this country who think that money is a matter of security.
00:30Why the Prime Minister can speak for one and a half hours in a staged interview and not
00:55answer the fundamental questions of Rafael?
00:58When for the second time the Congress Party wanted to raise the issue of Rafael, we had
01:08all thought that there is something very significant they have to say.
01:16But I must say after hearing the lead speaker on behalf of the Congress Party, we are all
01:23utterly disappointed, the country is disappointed because every word he has said is something
01:31which is belied in the face of the judgement of the Supreme Court.
01:36Everybody knows that the Rafael aircraft that the UPA was going to buy was going to be bought
01:44for 526 crore rupees an aircraft.
01:49This is a fact, everybody knows it.
01:51The price of the aircraft under the new deal went from 526 crores to 1600 crores.
02:00Why did the price go from 526 crores to 1600 crores?
02:08He then says, and this is what I have publicly referred to as an arithmetic which a kindergarten
02:15child understands, it only shows, and it's a tragedy for this country, that the grand
02:27old party of Indian politics, the Congress Party, which has in the past been headed by
02:34great legends, is today headed by a gentleman who doesn't even have a basic understanding
02:41of what a combat aircraft is.
02:44The entire procedure of the deal from the beginning to the end was bypassed.
02:51The defense minister, Mr. Parrikar, was asked whether he knew about the new deal that bypassed
02:59the old deal.
03:01Mr. Parrikar himself said, I have no idea about the new deal.
03:05Madam, there are some people who have a natural dislike for truth.
03:11From the first to the last word, every word spoken in the last six months on this subject,
03:20including in this house, is utterly false.
03:38I would like to play a little tape recording that has been released today in the media.
03:46This is a tape recording of the health minister of Goa.
03:52Do I have your permission, madam?
03:55The last time the honorable member spoke about Rafale, he lied before the whole nation by
04:01concocting a conversation between him and the French president.
04:07The French government contradicted him.
04:09Today, he wants to rely on a recording which is false and fabricated.