Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Goa BJP Delegation Meets Guv, Demands Dismissal Of Punjab Govt Over PM Security Breach
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Rafale maritime fighter jet begins demonstration in Goa
New Delhi, Jan 6 (PTI) Eyeing the Indian Navy's carrier-borne fighter jet deal, France sent a Rafale maritime fighter aircraft to a naval facility in Goa on Thursday to demonstrate its combat capabilities.
The Indian Navy is planning to procure a batch of fighter jets for indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant that is likely to be commissioned in August.
The demonstration by the naval variant of the Rafale jet has kicked off at the shore-based test facility (SBTF) in Goa, people familiar with the development said.
In 2017, the Indian Navy had issued a Request for Information (RFI) to procure 57 multi-role combat aircraft for its aircraft carrier.
Four planes were in contention for the deal which included Rafale (Dassault, France), F-18 Super Hornet (Boeing, US), MIG-29K (Russia) and Gripen (Saab, Sweden).
While F-18, Rafale and MIG-29K are twin engine jets, Gripen is a single-engine aircraft.
In the next few months, remaining contenders are also likely to bring in their aircraft to India for demonstration.
The government also wanted manufacture of these planes in India. The RFI sought to know at what level of Transfer of Technology (ToT) and deep repair expertise the companies are willing to share with India.
India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in September 2016 for the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 59,000 crore for the Indian Air Force.
The first batch of five Rafale jets, manufactured by French aerospace major Dassault Aviation, arrived in India on July 29, 2020.
Already 33 Rafale jets have been delivered to the IAF by the plane's maker Dassault Aviation.
French Defence Minister Florence Parly, during a visit to India last month, indicated that France will be interested to supply the carrier-based jets.
"We know that the aircraft carrier will soon be...that aircraft are needed. We are open and ready to provide any other Rafale if this is India's decision," she said.
Parkash Singh Badal on PM Modi's security breach in Punjab
At first, the road shouldn't have been blocked but on the other hand, there was no crowd in his program. It's the responsibility of state govt to provide protection to PM but Congress govt has totally failed: SAD Patron Parkash Singh Badal on PM Modi's security breach in Punjab pic.twitter.com/gNXq7ht3uD
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2022
Goa BJP Delegation Meets Guv, Demands Dismissal Of Punjab Govt Over PM Security Breach
Panaji, Jan 6 (PTI) A delegation of Goa BJP leaders including Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday met Governor P S Sridharan Pillai here and demanded dismissal of the Punjab government over the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to that state.
The delegation included Goa BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade amongst others.
The governor later told reporters that he would convey the demand to the higher authorities. "It is not right on my part to comment on such issues, he added.
Sawant alleged that Congress workers, in connivance with their party's government in Punjab, were involved in the unprecedented security breach.
Never in the past such an incident has happened and it should not recur in future. An inquiry should be conducted in the incident, he added.
The Punjab government has no right to continue. If they cannot provide security to the Prime Minister, the common man is not safe in that state," Sawant said.
In a 'major security lapse', the prime minister's convoy was stranded on a flyover for nearly 20 minutes due to a blockade by protesters in Ferozepur on Wednesday. Modi returned from poll-bound Punjab without attending any event, including a rally
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SKM On PM's Ferozepur security lapse
It's clear from video of the occasion that protesting farmers didn't even make any effort to go towards PM's convoy. Only a group with BJP flag& raising"Narendra Modi Zindabad"slogan had reached near that convoy. Therefore,threat to the life of PM seems completely concocted: SKM
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2022
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