Mallikarjun Kharge to lead a massive protest tomorrow against Rafale Scam demanding resignation of PM Modi and Sitharaman
By Maeeshat.in,
Mumbai: Congress Party’s Leader in Lok Sabha and General Secretary in-charge Of Maharashtra Mallikarjun Kharge will lead a massive protest march against Rafale Scam in Mumbai Thursday demanding immediate resignation of PM Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The morcha will start at 12:30 pm and will culminate at August Kranti Maidan. After the protest, Congress Party’s delegation will meet Hon. Governor of Maharashtra demanding the same. Congress Party’s another demand with regard to the Rafale Scam is to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the whole matter.
Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam who is organising this massive protest march along with his team said, “This scam is a classic case of crony capitalism. PM Modi and Defence Minister Sitharaman have not only engaged in this scam but also have tried to cover it by providing misleading information about the entire deal. This is the biggest scam of the century. PM Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman have cheated the country and need to be removed from their respective posts with immediate effect”.
Along with Mallikarjun Kharge and Sanjay Nirupam, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Ashok Chavan, Former Maharashtra CM Prithiviraj Chavan, Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, Former State Unit Chief Manikrao Thakre and many other senior party leaders will hit the streets tomorrow demanding resignation of PM Modi and Sitharaman.
On 10 April 2015 PM Narendra Modi had announced the procurement of 36 Rafele jets after having talks with the then French President François Hollande. However, last week Hollande claimed that the Govt of India had suggested Reliance Defence as an offset partner for Dassault Aviation which was always refuted by the BJP Govt. Congress President Rahul Gandhi had raised this issue exposing PM Modi and his Govt’s corruption in the Rafale Scam in which he stated that it is PM Modi who has brought Anil Ambani into this whole deal side-lining public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The Modi-led BJP Govt had then said that bringing Anil Ambani in this whole deal was not their decision but a decision taken by Dassault. Recently the then French President François Hollande contradicted the Govt of India’s stand and said that it was the Govt of India which persuaded Dassault to take Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defence as their partner. Since then, it has become a huge embarrassment for the Modi Govt and the BJP. As a part of national campaign against Rafale scam, Mumbai Congress along with MPCC has organised this massive protest tomorrow to expose the deep-rooted corruption existing in the BJP-led Modi Govt.