Chidambaram Calls for JPC Probe into Rafale Deal

Bengaluru: Accusing the NDA government of misleading the Supreme Court, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the multi-million dollar Rafale fighter deal. “A defence deal worth Rs 60,000 crore that will leave the country with only 36 aircraft, as against 126 aircraft contracted for under the UPA, cannot go unchallenged or unexamined,” Chidambaram told reporters here at the party office. “We are taking our cause to the people asking (them) to support the Congress party in its demand for a JPC to probe the Rafale deal.” Chidambaram’s demand comes soon after party president Rahul Gandhi and senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge too sought a JPC probe. (IANS)

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