PM's Dig At Congress Over Rafale Attacks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the country's largest helicopter manufacturing unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Tumakuru district of Karnataka. On this occasion, the PM made gestures targeting Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

PM Modi said, "We reformed government defense companies and opened doors for the private sector as well. A few years ago, various false allegations were leveled against our government by using HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) as an excuse. This HAL In whose name conspiracies were hatched to incite people. People were instigated, Parliament's time was wasted, but no matter how big the lie is, no matter how many times it is told, one day it loses in front of the truth."

Gandhi besieged the government regarding the Rafale deal

In fact, during 2017-18, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi surrounded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government from the road to the Parliament for the irregularities in the purchase of Rafale aircraft.

Along with this, he accused the Narendra Modi government of "snatching" the Rafale offset contract from HAL and "gifting" it to Anil Ambani's company.

Snatched the contract and gave it to Ambani's company

The Congress leader had said, "HAL is a strategic asset of India. The future of India's aerospace industry has been destroyed by snatching the Rafale contract from HAL and gifting it to Anil Ambani's company. At that time Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party had attacked the Modi government over the Rs 58,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal, alleging corruption and favoritism.

At the same time, in Karnataka, Prime Minister Modi said, "Today the helicopter factory of HAL is testifying that the lies and misinformation spread about HAL have been exposed."

The Bengaluru-headquartered HAL plans to produce over 1,000 helicopters in the 3-15 tonne range over a period of 20 years at this factory in Gubbi taluk with a total turnover of over Rs 4 lakh crore, officials said.

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