‘Dictated interviews’ cannot suppress the Rafale scam: Congress hits back at Dassault CEO
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As a reaction to interview Surjewala took to twitter and posted "The first rule of Law - Mutual Beneficiaries and co-accused's statements hold no value. Second Rule: Beneficiaries and Accused can't be Judge in their own case. Truth has a way of coming out."
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Tuesday hit out at Dassault Aviation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eric Trappier, terming his interview with news agency ANI as "dictated" and said, "Manufactured lies can not suppress the Rafale scam."
Eric Trappier in an interview with news agency ANI on Tuesday dismissed Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s allegations that he had lied about the details of the Dassault- Reliance Joint Venture (JV) for offset contracts in the Rafale fighter jet deal.
As a reaction to the interview Surjewala took to twitter and posted "The first rule of Law - Mutual Beneficiaries and co-accused's statements hold no value. Second Rule: Beneficiaries and Accused can't be Judge in their own case. Truth has a way of coming out."
‘Dictated Interviews’ & ‘Manufactured Lies’ can not suppress the #Rafale Scam!
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) November 13, 2018
First rule of Law-
Mutual Beneficiaries & Co-accused’s statements hold no value.
Second Rule:-Beneficiaries & Accused can’t be Judge in their own case.
Truth has a way of coming out. https://t.co/rRoGlKNl6q
He also called the interview "a fixed match between BJP Govt & Dassault and PR Stunts of PM Modi & Eric Trappier can’t hide the blatant corruption."
#Rafale Scam!
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) November 13, 2018
Nation doesn’t need ‘doctored explanations’ but ‘fair investigation’!
Fixed match between BJP Govt & Dassault and PR Stunts of PM Modi & Eric Trappier can’t hide the blatant corruption.
Our Statement-: pic.twitter.com/P4xAGiUj7z
During the interview, Trappier told ANI, "I don't lie. The truth I declared before and the statements I made are true. I don't have a reputation of lying".