Mysuru: “The Narendra Modi-led NDA Government at the Centre is lacking transparency in the multi-crore Rafale Aircraft deal causing huge loss to the public exchequer,” asserted former Union Minister M.M. Pallam Raju.
Addressing a press meet at a private hotel here on Sunday, Raju said that as per the international bid opened by the UPA Government on Dec.12, 2012, the price of the Rafale Aircraft was Rs.526.1 crore and the plan was to acquire 126 Aircraft; 18 from the French company Dassault Aviation and 108 to be made in India at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility under transfer of technology.
