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Stating that it was clear that such parallel discussions by the PMO had “weakened the negotiating position of MoD and Indian Negotiating Team,” a Defence Ministry note dated November 24, 2015 brought this to the attention of the then Defence Minister @manoharparrikar

According to the government’s submission to the Supreme Court of India in October 2018, the negotiations were conducted by a 7-member team headed by the Deputy Chief of Air Staff. There was no mention of any role for the @PMOIndia in these negotiations.

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Defence Ministry protested against PMO undermining Rafale negotiations

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar exchanges documents with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian after signing an MoU on the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft in the presence of French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 25, 2016.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar exchanges documents with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian after signing an MoU on the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft in the presence of French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 25, 2016.   | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The French side took advantage of parallel parleys by the PMO that weakened Indian team’s position.

At the height of the negotiations over the controversial €7.87 billion Rafale deal between India and France, the Defence Ministry raised strong objections to “parallel negotiations” conducted by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with the French side. Stating that it was clear that such parallel discussions by the PMO had “weakened the negotiating position of MoD and Indian Negotiating Team,” a Defence Ministry note dated November 24, 2015 brought this to the attention of the then Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar.

Stating that “we may advise PMO that any Officers who are not part of Indian Negotiating Team may refrain from having parallel parlays [parleys] with the officers of French Government,” it suggested that “in case the PMO is not confident about the outcome of negotiations being carried out by the MoD, a revised modality of negotiations to be led by PMO at appropriate level may be adopted in the case.”

According to the government’s submission to the Supreme Court of India in October 2018, the negotiations over the Rafale deal were conducted by a seven-member team headed by the Deputy Chief of Air Staff. There was no mention of any role for the PMO in these negotiations.

Official documents available to The Hindu reveal, however, that the Defence Ministry protested that the position taken by the PMO was “contradictory to the stand taken by MoD and the negotiating team.” The then Defence Secretary, G. Mohan Kumar, made this official notation in his own hand: “RM may pl. see. It is desirable that such discussions be avoided by the PMO as it undermines our negotiating position seriously.”

 

The Defence Ministry's internal note dated November 24, 2015, in facsimile

The Defence Ministry's internal note dated November 24, 2015, in facsimile  

 

Firm opposition

The Defence Secretary’s firm opposition was recorded on November 24, 2015 on a note prepared by S. K. Sharma, Deputy Secretary (Air-II), and endorsed by the Joint Secretary & Acquisition Manager (Air) and the Director General (Acquisition) in the Ministry.

The new Rafale deal, which bore little resemblance to the original deal under prolonged negotiation, was announced in Paris by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2015. This was followed by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between India and France when President Francois Hollande visited Delhi on the occasion of the Republic Day in 2016. The inter-governmental agreement for 36 Rafale fighter jets was eventually signed on September 23, 2016.

According to the Defence Ministry note, the details of the parallel negotiations conducted by the PMO came to the Ministry’s notice only from a letter of October 23, 2015 from General Stephen Reb, the head of the French Negotiating Team. The letter “made mention of a telephonic conversation between Shri Jawed Ashraf, Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office and Mr. Luis Vassy, Diplomatic Adviser to the French Minister of Defence, which took place on 20.10.2015.”

General Reb’s letter was brought to the notice of the PMO by the Defence Ministry. The head of the Indian Negotiating Team, Air Marshal S. B. P. Sinha, AVSM VM, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, also wrote to Mr. Ashraf, Joint Secretary to Prime Minister.

In his reply to Air Marshal Sinha on November 11, 2015, Mr. Ashraf “confirmed that he had held discussion with Mr Luis Vassy, Diplomatic Adviser to the French Minister of Defence,” adding that Mr. Vassy “spoke to him on the advice of the French President’s office and the issues referred to General Reb’s letter were discussed.”

President Hollande had told AFP, as reported by Le Monde in September 2018, that “asked by Agence France-Presse on the sidelines of a conference in Montreal on Friday, Hollande said that the name of Reliance Group had appeared as part of a ‘new formula’ in negotiations over the Rafale deal, decided by the Modi government after it came to power.” The reference was to the Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Defence.

The Defence Ministry note also stated that “the discussions between Diplomatic Adviser to the French Defence Minister and Joint Secretary to PM tantamount to parallel negotiations while the Indian Negotiating Team constituted by the Ministry of Defence is undertaking the process of formal negotiations with the French side.”

Detrimental to interests

“Such parallel negotiations may be detrimental to our interests as the French side may take advantage of same by interpreting such discussions to their benefit and weakening the position taken by Indian Negotiating Team. This has precisely happened in this case,” the note added.

 

Defence Ministry protested against PMO undermining Rafale negotiations
 

Citing “a glaring example”, the Defence Ministry note pointed out that General Reb in his letter had stated that “taking into consideration the outcome of discussions between Diplomatic Adviser to the French Defence Minister and Joint Secretary to PM, no Bank Guarantee is provisioned in the supply protocol and the letter of comfort provides sufficient assurances of the proper implementation of the supply protocol by the industrial suppliers.”

This, the note stated, was “contrary to the position taken by the MoD and conveyed by Indian Negotiating Team that the commercial offer should be preferably backed by Sovereign/Government Guarantee or otherwise by Bank Guarantee.” Another instance of a contrary stand taken in the parallel negotiations was on the arbitration arrangement, the note pointed out.

This is not the only instance of “parallel negotiations” in which the Indian side took contrary positions. It has already been reported elsewhere that the National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval, negotiated with the French side in Paris in January 2016 and The Hindu has access to documentation that confirms this. Mr. Doval’s advice to Mr. Parrikar on doing away with a sovereign guarantee or bank guarantee for the Rafale deal was also recorded by the then Defence Minister in a file noting.

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These were the submission of Govt in SC, throughout their affidavit, Govt portrayed that “INT as mandated by DAC negotiated the deal” showing there was no interference by the Govt but today’s exposè by @the_hindu with IAF/MoD letter proves PMO was running parallel negotiation.

This affidavit by Govt in SC says “‘As mandated by DAC’, INT negotiated the deal”, so any other negotiation with French side by any agency/Dept is illegal as it s against the mandate of DAC. If so, how did PMO negotiate with French Govt bypassing INT ? PS: MoD has redflagged it !

If there was nothing wrong in PMO circumventing INT to get through the Rafale Deal, why didn’t the Govt submit those details also n SC when the apex court had asked them to submit “details of Rafale Deal decision making process” ? Why were these interventions by PMO hid from SC ?

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15 minutes ago, Yaswanth526 said:

Okasari ah document motham chusi cheppu game over modi ika

Aa every time rafale news comes same sodhi, game over ani. This is not new, its already discussed before in sept. This is filed with CAG. CAG lo cong dudes kuda untaru ga oka photo theesi ichi nattu unnaru, oka few days media lo hadavidi ki. Ninna budget speech and vadra kummudu ki idhi cong response.

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14 minutes ago, Yaswanth526 said:

 

NRam bofors India ki thelipina journalist:lol2: Real story is

Chitra joined India Today, an Indian news magazine as a reporter in 1979 and continued to write for it and other Indian publications when she moved to Switzerland in 1983. She was based in Geneva as a United Nations (UN) correspondent when the Swedish State Radio reported in April 1987 that bribes had been paid to Indians and others for the sale of field howitzers to India by the Swedish arms manufacturer, Bofors. Working out of Switzerland and Sweden and reporting for The Hindu, she secured over 300 documents which established the fact of the illegal payments that led to a political turmoil in India. While there was no evidence linking the illegal payments directly to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the money-trail to people close to the Gandhi family was conclusive. The documents also detailed the massive cover-up in India to bury the documents and the Prime Minister lost his mandate as corruption became a major election plank in 1989. When The Hindu abruptly stopped publication of the investigation due to political pressure and internal management disputes, Chitra Subramaniam ceased to work with N. Ram, and moved on to work with Indian newspapers such as The Statesman and The Indian Express, then considered to be India's top newspapers for investigative journalism.

In other words N.Ram was sold and was a turned permanent slave from then:laughing: Now he is entrusted by masters again to create some momentum every two weeks by telling the same story in twisted way.

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15 minutes ago, Rajakeeyam said:

Aa every time rafale news comes same sodhi, game over ani. This is not new, its already discussed before in sept. This is filed with CAG. CAG lo cong dudes kuda untaru ga oka photo theesi ichi nattu unnaru, oka few days media lo hadavidi ki. Ninna budget speech and vadra kummudu ki idhi cong response.

 

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2 minutes ago, Rajakeeyam said:

NRam bofors India ki thelipina journalist:lol2: Real story is

Chitra joined India Today, an Indian news magazine as a reporter in 1979 and continued to write for it and other Indian publications when she moved to Switzerland in 1983. She was based in Geneva as a United Nations (UN) correspondent when the Swedish State Radio reported in April 1987 that bribes had been paid to Indians and others for the sale of field howitzers to India by the Swedish arms manufacturer, Bofors. Working out of Switzerland and Sweden and reporting for The Hindu, she secured over 300 documents which established the fact of the illegal payments that led to a political turmoil in India. While there was no evidence linking the illegal payments directly to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the money-trail to people close to the Gandhi family was conclusive. The documents also detailed the massive cover-up in India to bury the documents and the Prime Minister lost his mandate as corruption became a major election plank in 1989. When The Hindu abruptly stopped publication of the investigation due to political pressure and internal management disputes, Chitra Subramaniam ceased to work with N. Ram, and moved on to work with Indian newspapers such as The Statesman and The Indian Express, then considered to be India's top newspapers for investigative journalism.

In other words N.Ram was sold and was a turned permanent slave from then:laughing:

Vaadu slave kaadha avasarama??

Vachina document lo nijam unda ledha ani adiga e sollantha nakenduku??

Nijam kakapothe prove cheyyi

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12 minutes ago, Yaswanth526 said:

Vaadu slave kaadha avasarama??

Vachina document lo nijam unda ledha ani adiga e sollantha nakenduku??

Nijam kakapothe prove cheyyi

Yes its true, and the same guy who raised objection signed the final approval cabinet note and he was fine with final negotiation. MoD already clarified when they raised this issue in September. This is not new finding. NRam is just churning old news as fresh package.

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3 minutes ago, Rajakeeyam said:

 

If you don't know Hindi, this is what he said

 

 

Ippudu nenu venakki velli CBI gurinchi modi em cheppado video veyyala

Inthenduku pancha buthalu lo scam jarigindhi ani chepparu e 5 years lo okkataina prove chesara??

2g scam lo evarikina siksha padindha??

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2 minutes ago, Rajakeeyam said:

Yes its true, and the same guy who raised objection signed the final approval cabinet note and he was fine with final negotiation. MoD already clarified when they raised this issue in September. This is not new finding. NRam is just churning old news as fresh package.

Ok still you should believed as great deal due to this our country in safe hands of mr faku Modi....in another thread I have clearly explained loopholes in GST and Demo..still baffas in the impression of this two has done great .but these two bombs enough to crush modi and co . people still didn't forgot those days ..

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Just now, Yaswanth526 said:

Ippudu nenu venakki velli CBI gurinchi modi em cheppado video veyyala

Inthenduku pancha buthalu lo scam jarigindhi ani chepparu e 5 years lo okkataina prove chesara??

2g scam lo evarikina siksha padindha??

Laloo convicted, coal scam some convicted, sikh riots convicted, 2G compromised-but back in HC for another round. Ee No.1 vs No.2 war lekapothe inka effective ga undedhi anyway hope for the best next term.

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3 minutes ago, Venkatpaladugu said:

Ok still you should believed as great deal due to this our country in safe hands of mr faku Modi....in another thread I have clearly explained loopholes in GST and Demo..still baffas in the impression of this two has done great .but these two bombs enough to crush modi and co . people still didn't forgot those days ..

Its a necessary deal for IAF and 36 fleet will be here by 2022.

Yes loopholes are there, more so in Demo. no problem in agreeing. Ultimately govt. worked diligently to correct them and economy is progressing, if not for the money generated one can't imagine zero tax for people earning 5L while doing this kind of capex spending. If people are unhappy and wants to punish, ok fine. As usual cong. will spend more on subsidies, less on development, north states will continue to be sink holes for another decade .

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Five features of the Modi speech

A May 6, 2018 photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public rally in Hubballi. Special Arrangement

A May 6, 2018 photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public rally in Hubballi. Special Arrangement  

Always in campaign mode, distinguishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Parliament from one outside is not easy. Delivering what could be his last speech to the 16th Lok Sabha, Mr. Modi set the tone for his campaign for the 17th Lok Sabha election that he hopes to win and retain power. The speech was Classic Modi vintage. But he added some rhyme to rhetoric in the latest, and it will be interesting to watch whether that continues. Here are the five features of Mr. Modi’s speech template.

1) Mr. Modi refers to himself in third person: For some curious reasons, Mr. Modi repeatedly refers to himself in third person. ‘Fraudsters are scared of Modi,’ ‘Modi is this..’ ‘Modi has done that.’ He named himself multiple times on Thursday. Incidentally, US President Donald Trump also refers to himself in third person. “Modi, Modi..” the treasury benches cheered as he concluded.

2) Mr. Modi presents himself as the poor man from the margins who has trumped a corrupt dynasty. The PM mentioned his own humble origins and sought to contrast it with the dynasty, meaning the Nehru-Gandhi family. Without naming Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra, Mr. Modi said properties amassed by some people were being unearthed from all over.

3) Mr. Modi presents himself as a workaholic and epitome of purity. He claims to work round the clock, claims complete incorruptibility. This is an abiding feature of all his speeches, successful so far, in appealing to the reverence for asceticism steeped in Indian culture.

4) Mr. Modi’s speeches compare the achievements of his tenure with those of all the previous governments, mostly of Congress. He perfected this art in the 2007 Gujarat state election. He frames the chronology to suit his speech. On Thursday, it was ‘my 55 months versus their 55 years.’ Then he reels off a lot numbers and figures, which cannot be immediately fact-checked. “Numbers don’t lie,” Mr. Modi added today for effect.

5) The most consequential part of a Modi speech is his ability and willingness to repackage any criticism of his style and substance into a criticism of the country in an oratorial sleight of hand, and insinuate that his critics are being anti-national. He did that with impressive effectiveness on Thursday. He accused his opponents of questioning the majesty of the CBI, the ECI, the RBI, the judiciary etc all of which have faced questions of probity and autonomy. Mr. Modi particularly drilled in his idea that raising questions about the military’s conduct amounted to harming the country. And that meshed well with his charge against foreign conspiracies against India. 20,000 NGOs that got foreign money have been shut, and more could be shut he declared.

Mr. Modi has appealed to enough number of Indians to win a parliamentary majority in 2014. The electoral impact of his oratory and charisma is also contextual. The open question about 2019 is whether his speeches will have the same effect as they had in 2014.

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