Caught in a political storm over the Rafale deal, the Reliance Group headed by Anil Ambani on Sunday denied receiving any contract from the Defence Ministry, and said “unfounded and incorrect” allegations were being deliberately made to “mislead people and cloud the issue”.
Reliance Defence Ltd. CEO Rajesh Dhingra said Dassault, the French firm that will supply the 36 Rafale fighter jets, chose the group to meet its ‘offset’ or export obligation in the contract and the Defence Ministry had no role in the selection of Indian partners by the foreign vendors.