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Replug | Today, Rajat Sharma, India TV's editor-in-chief, resigned as the #DDCA president. In Feb 2015, Shatrughan Sinha said Sharma “is more influential than many ministers" and that he "can get a seat in any House, any award because he knows everyone.”
From 2016, Atul Dev and Praveen Donthi in: https://bit.ly/2CL6cG2
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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