DM to lead perception battle on Rafale row

DAINIK NATION BUREAU

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, referring to the Congress broadside on the Rafale jet deal, said today that she would lead a nationwide campaign to “fight the perception battle” with a series of press conferences.

“We need to fight the perception battle. Many of us will be speaking across the country. Facts have to come out,” Nirmala Sitharaman said.

Targeting the Congress president Rahul Gandhi, saying his allegations had an “international dimension” and would be exposed.

The Congress has upped the ante against the government after former French president Francois Hollande commented last week to the French media that France had been given no choice about picking Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defence as Dassault’s offset partner in 2016.ndtv