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Thread | Today, the Supreme Court dismissed review petitions challenging the December 2018 #RafaleVerdict, wherein the SC had rejected the plea for a court-monitored investigation into the #RafaleDeal. The apex court held that the review petitions lacked "merit."
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#RafaleVerdict | Modi snatched away a state-owned defence-manufacturing company’s chance at perhaps the biggest manufacturing deal in its history, to replace it with an order that favours a private corporation.

From September 2018, Sagar in: https://bit.ly/2NuoMdh

India gambles its defence interests on Reliance Group

Ten days after the Rafale deal, Anil Ambani's Reliance Group and Dassault announced the creation of a joint venture, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited.

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#RafaleVerdict | “The Indian government proposed this service group [Reliance], and Dassault negotiated with Ambani,” Hollande added. “We did not have a choice, we took the interlocutor who was given to us.”

From September 2018: https://bit.ly/2X8CEvd

Former French President Who Negotiated the Rafale Deal Says Indian Government Suggested Reliance As Partner

“The Indian government proposed this service group [Reliance], and Dassault negotiated with Ambani,” Hollande told Mediapart.

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#RafaleVerdict | The Modi govt took many steps to deny any formal knowledge of or responsibility for Reliance Group’s participation in the deal, and to remove hurdles to the private corporation’s entry into a deal of this nature.



From October 2018: https://bit.ly/34OexEP

The government’s lies and procedural amendments to obscure Reliance Group’s part in the Rafale deal

The DPP-2013 would have held the defence minister responsible in the Rafale deal, but amendments enable the government to plead formal—even if implausible—ignorance.

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#RafaleVerdict | Reliance Group’s exploration of business opportunities in the defence sector escalated exponentially after Modi’s announcement of the Rafale deal.

From November 2018, Sagar in: https://bit.ly/2qEgV2j

The mystery of Reliance subsidiaries receiving defence-manufacturing licences

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued defence-manufacturing licences to subsidiaries of Reliance Defence Limited before they had commenced any business.

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#RafaleVerdict | Communication between the defence and law ministries reveal that the government of India concealed Ajit Doval’s involvement in the Rafale Deal negotiations in its reply to the Supreme Court.

From December 2018, Sagar in: https://bit.ly/2X1Wk43

Rafale Deal: How Ajit Doval and the Modi cabinet undermined Indian interests

New file notes show that the NSA was a secret negotiator, and that the Modi cabinet ignored grave official concerns to approve the Rafale deal.

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#RafaleVerdict | The dissenting officers of the Indian negotiating team in the Rafale purchase raised concerns that the new price, at over €2.5 billion higher than the one first suggested by Singh, was unreasonably high.

From December 2018, Surabhi Kanga and Hartosh Singh Bal in: https://bit.ly/2qExJWW

Rafale Deal: Ten objections raised within the Indian negotiating team

The Modi-let Cabinet Committee on Security cleared the Rafale deal despite outstanding objections from its negotiating officers.