Nirmala Sitharaman has demolished Congress’ campaign of calumny, says Prime Minister

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s two-hour long reply on the debate over the Rafale deal in Lok Sabha on Friday won laurels from party colleagues, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as they shared her speech on their social media handles and claimed she had demolished the Congress allegations. “Defence Minister Sitharaman’s speech in the Parliament demolishes the campaign of calumny on Rafale. Must watch!,” the Prime Minister tweeted.

BJP president Amit Shah Shah said, “A LIE goes only so far and no further. Defence minister Sitharaman ji has completely demolished Congress party’s lies and misinformation campaign on Rafale with her excellent speech loaded with facts. I congratulate her for bringing the truth to the nation.” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tweeted, “Well done! Nirmala Sitharaman ji, for an outstanding performance. You demolished the fake campaign. We are all proud of your performance.”

She dismissed allegations of corruption and said it was “far better on every count” and hit back at Congress, saying while the Bofors deal was a scam, the Rafale deal would bring PM Modi back to power in the coming elections.