The Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday pointed out the incongruities in the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report on the Rafale deal that was tabled in the Rajya Sabha. He said that the report is a mere ‘eyewash’ which as a matter of fact has been prepared by the ‘Chowkidar Auditor General’.
Saying that the report doesn’t even mention the price of the Rafale aircraft, Randeep Singh Surjewala pointed out the discrepancies in what the Modi government has been saying:
This, Surjewala said only proves that even the ‘manufactured figure’ of 2.86% cheaper by CAG is horribly ‘fake & false’.
The CAG report, Surjewala pointed out, records but does not include the following charges/payments:
CAG Report clearly records that this was a saving for Dassault Aviation. However, this value is not included to determine the total cost of the aircraft.
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CAG admits to failure in delivery schedule of the 36 Rafale Aircrafts:
CAG categorically notes the apprehension expressed by ‘Indian Negotiation Team’ about non-delivery of Rafale Aircrafts as per the schedule. CAG notes that Dassault Aviation has an order backlog of 83 aircrafts and can only manufacture 11 aircrafts in a year. CAG also notes that clearing the backlog will take over 7 years or nearly 8 years.
The Modi Government utterly failed to respond to this finding. The entire purpose of ‘Emergency Purchase’ of Rafale aircrafts by sacrificing the UPA deal, thus, stands demolished comprising India’s National security.
CAG admits Modi Government’s failure on ‘Bank Guarantee’, ‘Sovereign Guarantee’, ‘Escrow Account’ and ‘Arbitration’ clause, thereby seriously jeopardising India’s National interest:
CAG admits to ‘Cost Escalation’ in the purchase deal of 36 Rafale under Modi Government vis-à-vis ‘Firm and Fixed Price’ of 126 Aircrafts in the purchase deal by the UPA Government:
Even CAG admits the ‘additional cost and price increase’ under multiple heads in the 36 Rafale aircrafts purchase deal by Modi Government:
CAG admits that
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