The CPI(M) joined the Congress in demanding a probe into the latest revelations made by French portal Mediapart that €1 million were paid to a ‘middleman’ in the deal to buy 36 Rafale jets.
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The party said the Mediapart’s report has again raised the issue of kickbacks and other illegal payments. “The dogged refusal by the Modi government to order a probe into the Rafale deal raises suspicion that it has something to hide in the matter,” the CPI (M) Polit Bureau said in a statement here. The deal has been audited by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which claimed that the Narendra Modi government’s Rafale deal was 2.86% cheaper than the one the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance was negotiating.
The CAG audit report could not obviously look into the issue of illegal payments, the CPI(M) said demanding that a high-level investigation is essential, specially into the cancellation of the earlier order and placing a fresh one for 36 air crafts at a higher cost.
