Congress President Rahul Gandhi recently alleged that the Modi government is paying Rs. 1100 crore extra per Rafale jet.

Gandhi said that the Centre is purchasing per Rafale jet at the rate of Rs. 1670 crore while the Congress-led Manmohan Singh (MMS) government had finalised the deal at the rate of Rs. 570 crore per Rafale jet as he cited Rafale manufacturer Dassault's 2016 annual report.

Gandhi tweeted, “Dassault called RM's lie and released prices paid per RAFALE plane in report: Qatar = 1319 Cr, MODI = 1670 Cr, MMS = 570 Cr. 1100 Cr per plane or 36,000 Cr i.e 10 % of our Defence budget, in the pocket. Meanwhile, our Army begs our Govt. for money.”

The Modi government has signed a deal with France based Dassault Aviation to purchase 36 Rafale jets.