Rafale deal: Robert Vadra dismisses BJP’s allegations, says being targeted again

Dismissing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s allegation that UPA pulled out of Rafale deal as Dassault Aviation did not give the contract to his friend, Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra on Wednesday broke his silence. Vadra was of the opinion that everytime BJP is cornered on issues, they rake up his name.

Expressing his unhappiness on the social media platform Facebook, Vadra attacked the BJP and wrote, “It used to amaze me in the beginning but now it has become a wholesale farce that the BJP rakes up my name every time they are cornered whether its the falling rupee, soaring oil prices or this latest number when they have been totally exposed selling out the nation on Rafale. Having all the agencies under their beck and call….no one knows better than the present government and the BJP that they have indulged in a baseless political witch hunt against me for the last 4 years. Instead, they should man up with their 56” chests and tell the nation the truth about the RAFALE deal rather than hiding behind a bunch of lies that the people are fed up of hearing them repeat!!”

Being attacked by the Congress for alleged corruption in the Rafale deal, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had accused that Congress did not sign the deal as Vadra’s friend Sanjay Bhandari’s firm was not given a contract by Dassault Aviation. Patra had alleged that to secure defence deals for Bhandari, Vadra had received a flat in London and air tickets to Zurich.

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