Nirmala Sitharaman: Congress restless because they couldn’t encash Rafale

Being attacked by the Congress over the allegations of discrepancies in the Rafale deal, Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a sharp attack on the opposition saying that opposition (Congress) is restless as they could not make money.

The Union minister was of the view that former opposition party-led central government had had negotiated with ‘brokers’ and did not important equipment required for the defence forces.

Attacking the Congress, she said, as reported by NDTV, ” … and with brokers and dalal they were still buying time, not buying important equipment. But we are buying now and that’s where I think the Congress is being restless. Restless because they couldn’t make money. …(they) couldn’t perform, left the Air Force where it was.”

Sitharaman even opined that Congress was desperate and their desperation is shown with ‘baseless’ allegations. She said that BJP-led Union government is corruption-less and is committed for the development of the nation and that is why Congress is making allegations.

She added, “That this government could run without any allegation of corruption. For them it’s just not going down the throat. They are just not able to digest the fact. Search for corruption. You can’t find, so throw an allegation and let them keep giving explanations. I’m finished with it, I’ll go to the next allegation. That is their approach.”

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