Rafale Bombshell Causes Consternation

Stepping up attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday used a purported audio clip to allege that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is “blackmailing and threatening” Modi with a file on the Rs 58,000-crore jet deal “lying in his bedroom”.
Citing an audio clip of a conversation purportedly of Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, Gandhi said that Rane can be heard clearly as saying that Parrikar told his cabinet during a meeting that all documents relating to the Rafale deal were with him.
Asserting that the audio was authentic, Gandhi indicated that there may be more such tapes and dismissed denials by Parrikar and his minister that the clip was “fabricated”.
Addressing a press conference hours after he spoke on the issue in Lok Sabha, Gandhi also dared Modi to have a one-on-one debate of just 20 minutes on the Rafale matter, saying the truth will come out.

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