The Narendra Modi government tabled the CAG report on the Rafale deal in Parliament on Wednesday, 13 February.

CAG Report on Rafale Has Vindicated Modi Govt’s Stand: Jaitley

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The CAG report on the controversial Rafale fighter jet deal was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, 13 February, on the last day of the ongoing Budget Session.

The report said that the Rafale deal signed by the Modi government was 2.86 percent cheaper than the one negotiated by the UPA government

Congress President Rahul Gandhi had on Tuesday, 12 February, rejected the CAG report on Rafale and dubbed it as the "Chowkidar Auditor General" report.

"CAG report is a worthless report. I would term is as a 'Chowkidar Auditor General report'. It is Narendra Modi's report, written for the chowkidar, on behalf of the chowkidar, for the chowkidar, by the chowkidar," he said.

On Monday, 11 February, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) had sent the new report on the controversial deal to the President and the Union Finance Ministry.

  • Modi government tabled the CAG report on the Rafale deal in Parliament on Wednesday, 13 February
  • The report said that the Rafale deal was 2.8 percent cheaper than the one negotiated by the UPA government
  • The report, titled ‘Capital Acquisitions of Air Force’, contains details of acquisitions and deals, including Rafale as one of 12 chapters
  • Congress has raised objections to CAG Rajiv Mehrishi, who had served as the finance secretary when the Rafale deal was signed, investigating his own role

Catch all the earlier updates on Rafale deal controversy here.

PM's Defence on Pricing of Rafale Deal 'Demolished': Rahul

Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday cited a media report to claim that the PM's argument of better pricing and faster delivery of the jets to defend the deal has been "demolished".

His attack came after a report in The Hindu, which claimed that the Rafale deal was not on "better terms" than the UPA-era offer.

(Source: PTI)

Govt Giving Itself Clean Chit: Anand Sharma

The government is giving itself a clean chit, former Union Cabinet Minister Anand Sharma said on Wednesday, 13 February.

“The CAG report has been written by the government. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will reject this report,” Sharma said.

CAG Report Has Vindicated NDA Govt's Stand: Jaitley

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday, 13 February, said that the CAG report had completely vindicated the stand of NDA government.

“It has blasted the big lie which was being spearheaded by the Congress. The Congress president had manufactured a statistic (500 vs 1600 data) which doesn't exist anywhere. He repeated that lie ad nauseam,” Jaitley said, as per ANI.

Speaking about the dissent note written by three MoD officials, he said: “In a consultation process, people are bound to express different views, that is how decisions take place, but ultimately the government is one and final decision is taken.”

Rafale INT Chairman Rejects Dissent Note, Says All Observations Suitably Addressed

The Chairman of the Indian Negotiating Team for Rafale, Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria told ANI that the issues highlighted in Wednesday’s report in The Hindu had been discussed before. He said that the observations of three members of the INT were given to the INT chairman, discussed and included in the report.

“The INT report did not have a dissent note. These observations must be seen as part of deliberations of the INT before finalisation and forwarding of the report,” Bhadauria told ANI.

CAG Report Neither Complete, Nor Fully Correct: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati responded to the CAG report, writing on Twitter that the auditor general’s report on Rafale is “neither complete nor fully correct in the eyes of public”.

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