Rafale deal row: Rahul Gandhi's allegations against Modi give more ammo to Pakistan, says BJP's Sambit Patra
FirstpostBJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hit out at Rahul Gandhi on Monday over corruption allegations in the Rafale deal against the Narendra Modi-government and said that the Congress chief’s comments gave ammunition to Pakistan to act and speak against India. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hit out at Rahul Gandhi on Monday over his allegations of corruption in the Rafale deal against the Narendra Modi government and said that the Congress chief’s comments give ammunition to Pakistan to act and speak against India. His words over the Rafale deal give ammunition to Pakistan,” said Patra, while alleged that leaders in the neighbouring country were campaigning for Rahul ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. “When Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif had called former prime minister Manmohan Singh a ‘dehati aurat’, Modi ji was the prime ministerial candidate at that time and he responded strongly to it,” said the BJP spokesperson and showed a video clip from 2013, where Modi could be seen condemning Sharif’s words.