PM must resign over Rafale expose: Rahul

new delhi — Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “corrupt” following fresh revelations by French website Mediapart that inclusion of a private defence partner from India was an “imperative and obligatory” condition for securing the Rafale jets contract.

Mediapart said the name of Reliance Defence was give to Dassault Aviation as “obligatory” offset partner.

Questioning Modi’s “deafening silence” on the issue, despite allegations of corruption directed at him, Gandhi said the Prime Minister must resign.

“The prime minister of India is corrupt, I want to tell the youth of the nation that he is corrupt,” Gandhi said at a special media briefing here.

“Allegations of corruptions are being directed at him and the Prime Minister is silent. He should resign if he cannot respond (to the charges),” he said.

Gandhi reading out excerpts from Wednesday’s Mediapart report on an internal Dassault document, said that the group accepted to work with Reliance as

Allegations of corruptions are being directed at him and the prime minister is silent. He should resign if he cannot respond (to the charges).

Rahul Gandhi, Congress president

an “imperative and obligatory” condition for securing the fighter jet contract. “Rafale’s senior executive has clearly stated that choosing Anil Ambani’s company was a compensation for the purchase of Rafale,” he said. —