Defence Deal Rahul Gandhi

The Congress launched an all-out attack on the government, accusing it of deceiving Parliament, duping the Supreme Court, hijacking democracy, and indulging in treason, after a media report claimed India bought the Pegasus spyware from Israel as part of a defence deal in 2017.

Rahul Gandhi, who has led the Congress to its second straight landslide defeat in the national election, is expected to offer his resignation when the party's top leadership meets on Saturday for a detailed autopsy. The Congress has failed to touch three digits and is unlikely to qualify for the post of Leader of Opposition this time too. Prime Min...

The BJP today attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his alleged link to a defence firm that got offset contract when the UPA was in power and asked the opposition party to respond to what it said is a very serious charge.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit back at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today over his comments hailing the Supreme Court order on Rafale deal that's seen as a setback to the government.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today posted a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi rebuking a journalist for bringing up the Rafale fighter jet deal in an interview, and accompanied it with a warning that his government can "run (from questions) but can't hide".

Claiming that the then defence minister Manohar Parrikar knew there was corruption in Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said the deal would be probed if his party comes to power at the Centre.

A report in The Hindu newspaper on Wednesday said at least three senior Defence Ministry officials among the seven-member Indian Negotiating Team strongly disagreed with the government stand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "acting as Anil Ambani's middleman", Rahul Gandhi said today in his latest allegation linked to the Rafale controversy, citing an email that he said revealed the industrialist had visited Paris and met with the French Defence Minister, 10 days before the PM went there and announced the 36-jet deal with France.

The BJP today amped up its twitter blitz on the Congress with a list of what it said were "lies peddled" by party chief Rahul Gandhi. All concerned Rafale, which occupied headlines yesterday after a report by The Hindu cited an internal note of the defence ministry that expressed strong reservations about the "parallel negotiations" conducted by of...

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today launched an all-out attack on the Congress and dismissed as "selective journalism" a news report by The Hindu that said the defence ministry objected to the "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office into the Rafale deal.

Today it is clear that PM Modi himself had been carrying out a parallel negotiation with the French," Mr Gandhi said at a press briefing in New Delhi.

A news report on an internal note of the defence ministry - which recorded its objections to "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office into the multi-billion dollar deal for Rafale fighter jets -- triggered a huge political row today. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said the report by The Hindu established that the PMO was directly involve...

Congress President Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing a newspaper report on the Rafale fighter jet deal.

The Defence Ministry expressed its strong reservations to "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office with France on the multi-billion dollar Rafale fighet jet deal, according to a 2015 note accessed by The Hindu.

A day after Rahul Gandhi claimed that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar denied having anything to do with the new Rafale fighter jet deal, a top state government official today accused the Congress president of being a "compulsive liar".

The Congress launched an all-out attack on the government, accusing it of deceiving Parliament, duping the Supreme Court, hijacking democracy, and indulging in treason, after a media report claimed India bought the Pegasus spyware from Israel as part of a defence deal in 2017.

Rahul Gandhi, who has led the Congress to its second straight landslide defeat in the national election, is expected to offer his resignation when the party's top leadership meets on Saturday for a detailed autopsy. The Congress has failed to touch three digits and is unlikely to qualify for the post of Leader of Opposition this time too. Prime Min...

The BJP today attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his alleged link to a defence firm that got offset contract when the UPA was in power and asked the opposition party to respond to what it said is a very serious charge.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit back at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today over his comments hailing the Supreme Court order on Rafale deal that's seen as a setback to the government.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today posted a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi rebuking a journalist for bringing up the Rafale fighter jet deal in an interview, and accompanied it with a warning that his government can "run (from questions) but can't hide".

Claiming that the then defence minister Manohar Parrikar knew there was corruption in Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said the deal would be probed if his party comes to power at the Centre.

A report in The Hindu newspaper on Wednesday said at least three senior Defence Ministry officials among the seven-member Indian Negotiating Team strongly disagreed with the government stand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "acting as Anil Ambani's middleman", Rahul Gandhi said today in his latest allegation linked to the Rafale controversy, citing an email that he said revealed the industrialist had visited Paris and met with the French Defence Minister, 10 days before the PM went there and announced the 36-jet deal with France.

The BJP today amped up its twitter blitz on the Congress with a list of what it said were "lies peddled" by party chief Rahul Gandhi. All concerned Rafale, which occupied headlines yesterday after a report by The Hindu cited an internal note of the defence ministry that expressed strong reservations about the "parallel negotiations" conducted by of...

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today launched an all-out attack on the Congress and dismissed as "selective journalism" a news report by The Hindu that said the defence ministry objected to the "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office into the Rafale deal.

Today it is clear that PM Modi himself had been carrying out a parallel negotiation with the French," Mr Gandhi said at a press briefing in New Delhi.

A news report on an internal note of the defence ministry - which recorded its objections to "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office into the multi-billion dollar deal for Rafale fighter jets -- triggered a huge political row today. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said the report by The Hindu established that the PMO was directly involve...

Congress President Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing a newspaper report on the Rafale fighter jet deal.

The Defence Ministry expressed its strong reservations to "parallel negotiations" by the Prime Minister's Office with France on the multi-billion dollar Rafale fighet jet deal, according to a 2015 note accessed by The Hindu.

A day after Rahul Gandhi claimed that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar denied having anything to do with the new Rafale fighter jet deal, a top state government official today accused the Congress president of being a "compulsive liar".