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Rahul Gandhi: Taxpayers will pay Rs 1 lakh crore

Updated On: 29 July, 2018 10:14 AM IST | Agencies

Cong attacks PM Modi, alleges that Centre gave Reliance Defence profits in Rafale fighter jets deal

Rahul Gandhi has also demanded that the PM to break his silence over the issue. Pics/PTI

Congress president Rahul Gandhi yesterday stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the tax payers would have to pay Rs 1 lakh crore over the next 50 years to "Mr 56's friend" for maintaining the 36 Rafale aircrafts that the country was buying. Gandhi has been taking a swipe at Modi using the "56-inch-chest" remark that the latter had made at elections rallies in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress had also been questioning the prime minister about when he would show that "broad chest" while dealing with Pakistan and China.

"Over the next 50 years, Indian Tax Payers will pay Mr 56's friend's JV, 1,00,000 crore to maintain 36 RafaleScam jets, India is buying," he tweeted.
The Congress chief attached an investor presentation of Reliance Infrastructure, saying there was "truth" in it, which would soon be denied "as usual" by Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a press conference.

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