<p class="title">Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his friends raced to find strategic partners after the government re-tendered USD 15 billion fighter jet deal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was citing a media report in this regard which stated that India was seeking over 100 new fighter jets in the world's largest deal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi Scam Alert! $ 15 Billion fighter jet deal re-tendered. PM's friend's race to tie up strategic partners. Rafale, 40,000 crore loss to the exchequer was 'Sayonara' money to French, so PM could re-tender contract and favour friends, he alleged on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gandhi had earlier launched a scathing attack on the prime minister and his government over the Rafale deal, alleging that it was a scam as the dispensation was not disclosing details of the deal and was neither making public the price of the aircraft.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had also accused Modi of helping his friends in the defence sector get the contract without any experience after ignoring the public-sector HAL, which was to originally make the Rafale jets indigenously in the transfer of technology.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress had also alleged that the government has brought the aircraft at thrice the price that the UPA regime had negotiated with the French company.</p>
<p class="title">Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his friends raced to find strategic partners after the government re-tendered USD 15 billion fighter jet deal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was citing a media report in this regard which stated that India was seeking over 100 new fighter jets in the world's largest deal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Modi Scam Alert! $ 15 Billion fighter jet deal re-tendered. PM's friend's race to tie up strategic partners. Rafale, 40,000 crore loss to the exchequer was 'Sayonara' money to French, so PM could re-tender contract and favour friends, he alleged on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gandhi had earlier launched a scathing attack on the prime minister and his government over the Rafale deal, alleging that it was a scam as the dispensation was not disclosing details of the deal and was neither making public the price of the aircraft.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had also accused Modi of helping his friends in the defence sector get the contract without any experience after ignoring the public-sector HAL, which was to originally make the Rafale jets indigenously in the transfer of technology.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress had also alleged that the government has brought the aircraft at thrice the price that the UPA regime had negotiated with the French company.</p>