New Delhi, Feb 7 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday charged Congress party with conspiring to keep the Indian Air Force weak.
Amid strong objections from the Congress members, replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the Presidential address to Parliament, Mr Modi said : "I want to make the charge seriously. .....The Congress party does not want that the Indian Air Force to become strong and should acquire the requisite prowess".
He said the Congress party and its leadership is upset with the government finalising the Rafale aircraft deal with France as they were stunned to realise that suddenly that for the first time the defence deals was finalised without indulgence of any middleman.
"Otherwise, always they had some uncles....," Prime Minister said in reference to the likes of Christian Michel and Ottavio Quattrocchi.
He also said the Congress party is at unease as three 'rajdars (those who know what went behind)' have been brought to India and are being questioned by the probe agencies.
"Today, they are disturbed and we often see that slips are being passed to those being questioned (like Michel)," he said in reference to the AgustaWestland chopper scam.
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