Kejriwal questions PM Modi over Hollande's revelation to media on Rafale row

Rafale controversy: Delhi CM raised 3 questions in front of PM Modi, asking what is the nature of his relationship with Anil Ambani.

Arvind Kejriwal/ File Image/ PTI

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing controversy on Rafale deal. CM also sought three questions from the PM over the same via his Twitter handle. Questioning and pointing out fingers at the government, Kejriwal said “Three questions from PM Modi:

1. Why did you give this order to Anil Ambani only?
2. Anil Ambani has said that he has personal relationship with you, is this relation professional as well?
3. In whose pockets did the money which came from Rafale deal go? Yours, BJP’s or someone else’s?

This comes a day after Former French President Francois Hollande was quoted by French media claiming that the Indian government had proposed the name of Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence Industries for the Rafale deal. Hollande told the media house that Dassault Aviation was given no choice but to partner with Reliance Defence for the offset clause in the Rafale fighter jet deal.

PM से तीन सवाल

1. आपने ये ठेका अनिल अम्बानी को ही क्यों दिलवाया? और किसी को क्यों नहीं? 2. अनिल अम्बानी ने कहा है कि उनके आपके साथ व्यक्तिगत सम्बंध हैं।क्या ये सम्बंध व्यवसायिक भी हैं? 3. राफ़ेल घोटाले का पैसा किसकी जेब में गया- आपकी, भाजपा की या किसी अन्य की? https://t.co/yyK4BmBwnb — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 22, 2018

Even Congress President Rahul Gandhi lashed out at PM Modi after , Dassault Aviation denied involvement in choosing Indian partners and accused PM Modi of betraying India.

The PM personally negotiated & changed the #Rafale deal behind closed doors. Thanks to François Hollande, we now know he personally delivered a deal worth billions of dollars to a bankrupt Anil Ambani.

The PM has betrayed India. He has dishonoured the blood of our soldiers. — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 21, 2018 "We did not have a say in that. The Indian government proposed this service group, and Dassault negotiated with Ambani. We did not have a choice, we took the interlocutor who was given to us. That's why on the other hand, this group did not have to give me any thanks for anything. I could not even imagine that there was any connection to a film by Julie Gayet," Hollande said. Hollande’s reported statement contradicts Indian government’s claim that the agreement between Dassault and Reliance was a commercial pact between two private parties and the government had nothing to do with it.