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At some point, the Pakistani Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali, who was standing in for the Defence minister said, the number of army troops martyred could not be disclosed to the Parliament due to security reasons. In essence this was more of an excuse rather than admitting that the minister himself was in total oblivion. Anyways, just like the Indians have to run back to 1971 to salvage any lost argument, lately they have been dragging this statement by the minister in a desperate attempt to claim that Pakistan was hiding it's casualties. As they say what goes around, comes around, now the tables have turned with the an Indian minister arguing that even an arms deal cannot be disclosed to the Parliament due to security reasons, I wonder what the Indian members have to say about it now....is the BJP government hiding massive kickbacks and other corruption in the deal.!!!
Cannot disclose Rafale deal details in Parliament: Amit Shah
Shah also lauded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's reply on the matter in Lok Sabha on Thursday. Jaitley had accused the Congress of "seriously compromising" on national security by demanding disclosure of details of the Rafale deal.
By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: February 9, 2018 8:43 pm
BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday targeted the Congress for its attack on the government over the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying disclosing its details in Parliament will harm national interest and that the UPA dispensation had also followed a similar practice. At a BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, he told MPs that sharing all details of the deal such as expenditure incurred on its weaponry and the technological know-how will only alert India’s enemies and harm the country’s interests, according to some leaders present there.
Even the UPA government did not share details of defence deals finalised by it for similar reasons of secrecy, he said. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said Shah told party MPs that broader details of the transaction, including that it would cost over Rs 58,000 crore, have been shared but break-up of expenditure cannot be made public.
Shah also lauded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s reply on the matter in Lok Sabha on Thursday. Jaitley had accused the Congress of “seriously compromising” on national security by demanding disclosure of details of the Rafale deal.
He had also asked its president Rahul Gandhi to “learn” from former defence minister Pranab Mukherjee “lessons on national security”. Shah in his address also described Gandhi as “undemocratic”, saying this mindset was behind the Congress disrupting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
http://indianexpress.com/article/in...deal-details-in-parliament-amit-shah-5057694/
Cannot disclose Rafale deal details in Parliament: Amit Shah
Shah also lauded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's reply on the matter in Lok Sabha on Thursday. Jaitley had accused the Congress of "seriously compromising" on national security by demanding disclosure of details of the Rafale deal.
By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: February 9, 2018 8:43 pm
BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday targeted the Congress for its attack on the government over the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying disclosing its details in Parliament will harm national interest and that the UPA dispensation had also followed a similar practice. At a BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, he told MPs that sharing all details of the deal such as expenditure incurred on its weaponry and the technological know-how will only alert India’s enemies and harm the country’s interests, according to some leaders present there.
Even the UPA government did not share details of defence deals finalised by it for similar reasons of secrecy, he said. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said Shah told party MPs that broader details of the transaction, including that it would cost over Rs 58,000 crore, have been shared but break-up of expenditure cannot be made public.
Shah also lauded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s reply on the matter in Lok Sabha on Thursday. Jaitley had accused the Congress of “seriously compromising” on national security by demanding disclosure of details of the Rafale deal.
He had also asked its president Rahul Gandhi to “learn” from former defence minister Pranab Mukherjee “lessons on national security”. Shah in his address also described Gandhi as “undemocratic”, saying this mindset was behind the Congress disrupting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
http://indianexpress.com/article/in...deal-details-in-parliament-amit-shah-5057694/