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The Rafale Deal Logjam

After a long wait and much mucky controversy, the first batch of Dassault Rafale fighter jets was finally inducted in the Indian Airforce. The induction was done on the eve Dussherra, and 36 fighter jets were officially introduced to the fleet of Indian Air force. Rafale jet deal created quite a stir in the Indian politics, and both opposition and government had a bitter tussle over its deal. Though originally, it was initiated by the UPA government, the deal never got a breakthrough due to long pending decisions and political unwillingness. The deal was finally cracked during the NDA regime, and it took a whole nine years before the first batch of Rafale jets could finally arrive in India.
Keeping the political logjam and dirty controversy over it aside, Rafale jet is a fighter which the Indian Airforce has been waiting for a long time. Since the other fighter jets in the fleet of the Air force are aging up and the scope to upgrade them is slowly becoming tough, Rafale jets is like a fresh breathe of life for the Indian Airforce.

The Dassault Rafale means “gust of wind” and “burst of fire” in military terminology. It is a French twin-engine multirole fighter aircr




aft built by Dassault Aviation. Rafale can be equipped with a number of weapons and intended to perform air supremacy, aerial reconnaissance, interdiction, ground support, anti-ship strike, in-depth strike, and nuclear weapons. This next-generation fighter aircraft will surely prove to be a lethal arsenal for the Indian Air Force.

The deal of Rafale jets was signed between India and France, which is worth 7.8 billion Euros or Rs 58,000 crore. As per the agreement, it also includes all the necessary spares, weaponry like Meteor Missile along with the aircraft. The opposition did try to corner the government on this deal and accused them of buying the jets on over-inflated price and benefiting Anil Ambani led Reliance Defense Limited in the deal. The whole ruckus even went to the door of the honorable supreme court of India, where corruption charges were levied on the government over the deal. The opposition also asked the court to tell the government to share its actual negotiation with the public and declassify its files.  However, the case fell flat on the grounds of the Supreme Court, and the demand of the opposition was turned down.

The former finance minister of India, Late Arun Jaitely, countered the opposition and accused them of compromising national security by demanding to make classified documents of the deal public. However, the deal of Rafale isn’t a thing that the opposition is still willing to give up, and it is even taking the issue up in upcoming assembly polls that will be held in Maharashtra and Haryana. The opposition is still looming on the ‘irregularities’ in the Rafale deal and still demanding a clarification from the government. But in the midst of all this, the Rafale jet finally landed on the Indian soil and is ready to serve the Indian Air Force with its lethal force and deadly agility, which will fill dread in the heart of the enemies.

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