Shekhar Gupta: Serial arrogant stupidity scam

Rafale deal is no scam. It's just a glaring example of the BJP government's pusillanimous, unimaginative, over-cautious and unsuccessful handling of defence purchases

Shekhar Gupta 

Shekhar Gupta

We now have sufficient evidence to say that there is a humongous scam in the Rafale deal. Except that this, ‘scam’ is spelt as ‘stupidity’.

If you find ‘stupidity’ too strong, you can choose a euphemism if you think it adequately describes this breathlessly arrogant idea that you could refuse to answer any questions on the pricing of a nearly $10 billion deal by claiming a secrecy clause between two democratic governments where all spending is subject to parliamentary and audit scrutiny. Or with explanations that get ludicrous by the ...

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First Published: Sat, September 15 2018. 00:25 IST