RS Prasad on the Congress demand for a CAG report on the Rafale deal.

"I don't think JPC or a CAG inquiry is set up to satisfy the ego of an ill-informed leader. What struck me more is that Mr Antony, who was Defence Minister for eight years during which nothing was done for modernisation and empowerment of Indian forces. He was the minister when the offset rule was framed and he left the HAL in a lurch. He has a lot to answer for. IAF badly needs planes, old planes are causing repeated accidents. Should the Congress at least rise to the occasion for the sake of the country's safety and security?" RS Prasad said.


AK Antony, the former defence minister, asked the government yesterday to publish the cost of the UPAs deal for 126 aircraft and the 36-aircraft deal entered into by the Narendra Modi government, as well as the price per aircraft, and to let the nation decide "who is correct". He also reiterated the demand for a JPC probe.