534: Rafale Aircraft Deal

534

The Rafale Aircraft Deal

          The Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, on 16 November 2016, said that the credit for the demonetization would not go to him personally but would go to all parties that stood by the government.

          It is clear that someone inspired or impelled him to demonetize the currency, but he chooses not to disclose his name.

          The demonetization shows that the Union Government should have carried out this exercise long ago.

          Now, the people are fast converting the black money into white money. Liquor shops, transport corporations, electricity board, local bodies and others help the ruling parties. Some say that even the containers do not reach the banks. About Re.5 crore in new notes was confiscated in one place. No wonder that  27 branch managers have been placed under suspension.

          The commission has fallen down from the initial 30 per cent to one per cent. The conversion is becoming easier day by day.

          Many branch managers do not follow the instructions issued by the Government/Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Apparently, the RBI directed the public sector banks to defer the collection of monthly installment of all kinds of loans by two months. But the State Bank of India (SBI) has deducted the installment for November 2016 from the accounts on 1 December 2016.

          Further, there are reports that India knelt before China to calibrate the ATM machines. These are the perils of the over dependence on China.

On one side China gives commission for its exports to India. On another side, it keeps the key.

India must be rescued from the clutches of China.

         

          There are reports that the Government of India is going ahead with the Rafale Fighter Jet deal with a French company.

          The negotiations for this fighter jets had been going on for over ten years.

          The present government signed an agreement to buy 36 aircraft for about Re.5900 crore. To this, former Defense Minister of India, Mr. A.K. Antony, wondered that his government was to buy the same number of the same aircraft for Re. 26000 crore.

The people felt that the government paid about 125 per cent commission for this. They came to the conclusion that the government took a long period of time to finalize the deal only to settle the commission.

          It is a well known fact that commission exists in virtually all defense deals. There was commission in the Bofors deal. There was commission in the Westland helicopter deal. There was commission in Augusta, Emperor and submarine deals. There exists huge commission in all defense deals with Russia. All investigations over these matters end in vain.

          This commission and the inaction of the Supreme Court of India drive the government to settle for sub-standard defense equipment. Many substandard MIG fighter jets bought from Russia jeopardized the lives of so many Indian pilots.

However, hundreds of letters sent by the present man- in connection with the Rafale aircraft - ended in vain

 Surely, the government ignored this work and settled for the Rafale Fighter Gets –instead of the stealth jets -only for commission.

          Therefore, when Mr. A.K Antony revealed the facts behind the Rafale deal, the people thought that the government would cancel the Rafale deal.

          But the Government said that an offset clause provided the French company to invest about Re. 32000 crore in a company of Mr. Anil Ambani to manufacture the same aircraft in India.

          We gave the money to our master. We have disclosed the truth. Don’t murmur about this matter hereafter. This was the message of the government to the opposition parties.

          So, in order to buy 36 aircraft for Re.26000 crore, the government gave a tribute of over Re. 33000 crore to Mr. Anil Ambani.

          Mr. Anil Ambani should not have exploited the weakness of the prime minister like this.

          Everyone thought that the opposition parties would fix the prime minister in this matter. But they did not raise this matter in the Lower House of Parliament. No member of the opposition parties uttered a word against the deal in the Parliament.

Thus the opposition parties failed to discharge their onerous responsibility.

          There are some superior men in the Upper House. For instance, Mr. Ram Jeathmalini is a member of the ruling party. He is a known critic of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. He even accuses Mr. Modi on many grounds. He went to the extent of saying that the government did not seek the list of the Swiss account holders from the Government of Germany although many other countries got it. However, he too chose not to mention the name of Mr. Anil Ambani in connection with the Rafale deal.

          The Prime Minister says that the corrupt rob the people of their rights. He says that he would fight corruption.  He says that the values are fast eroding in India. He says that he has many projects in mind to make India corruption-free. He says that India would be a new nation by next year.

          He has established his position as a political leader. He need not depend on the mercy of Mr. Anil Ambani to continue to remain power. Therefore, he must cancel the Rafale deal forthwith and then talk about corruption.

This is letter No.534

   This letter is being submitted to His Excellency the President of India, Supreme Court of India, Chief Vigilance Commissioner, Indian Army and the Indian Air Force, and posted in the blog: www.howeverythinghappenedinindia.blogspot.com  on 3-12- 2016.

3 December 2016.

V. Sabarimuthu,

26-3 Thattamkonam, Vellicode, Mulagumoodu PIN: 629167, India. 

Note: The Rafale deal can be viewed in the youtube.