Rafael Jet Debate: Defence Minister applauded by PM, Jaitely for debate on deal against Congress

New Delhi: The Rafale fighter Jet deal bought by the ruling government is in controversy for quite some time now and for all the right reasons this time.
Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke for two long hours defending the ruling party’s move on Rafael deal which ended in applauds from Senior party leader Arun Jaitely as well as PM Modi himself, The Telegraph reported.
At the end of debate Arun Jaitley, who was deployed to defend the fighter deal, tweeted: “Well done! Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman ji, for an outstanding performance. You demolished the fake campaign. We are all proud of your performance.” While PM Modi played the examiner here and gave Sitharaman full marks. He took to Twitter and said: “Defence Minister @nsitharaman’s speech in the Parliament demolishes the campaign of calumny on Rafale. Must watch!” Sitharaman had indeed delivered a “must-watch” performance.
The Minister managed to speak for two hours and answered questions prepared by Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi, questions which were originally framed for Modiji.
Rahul speaking to the media said: “The crux of the matter is, Modi changed the deal. She accepted this that the Prime Minister had created a new deal owing to an emergency situation. I asked her to reply in `yes’ or `no’ to this simple question- Did the defence Ministry objected to PM’s decision on doing bypass surgery or did the Ministry tell PM that that defence procurement procedures should not be bypassed?