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Updated January 6th, 2019 at 20:20 IST

After Rahul Gandhi, former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah questions Centre on Rafale deal, blames government for "failure to allocate adequate budget to armed forces"

Congress has continued its attack on Centre over Defence matters, now with Congress leader from Karnataka Siddaramaiah hitting out at the government over allocation of budget to armed forces.

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Congress has continued its attack on Centre over Defence matters, now with Congress leader from Karnataka Siddaramaiah hitting out at the government over allocation of budget to armed forces.

In a series of tweets, the former Karnataka CM on Sunday has said that the Centre's "failure to allocate adequate budget to armed forces has caused a ripple effect on HAL", and has led the PSU to borrow money.

Full Nirmala Sitharaman Speech: PM Narendra Modi Hails Defence Minister For "demolishing Campaign Of Calumny On Rafale". Watch Here

Earlier on Sunday, Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted saying that the Raksha Mantri must state the facts with relevant documents about contracts given to HAL.

"When you tell one lie, you need to keep spinning out more lies, to cover up the first one. In her eagerness to defend the PM's Rafale lie, the RM lied to Parliament. Tomorrow, RM must place before Parliament documents showing 1 Lakh crore of Govt orders to HAL," he tweeted.

But his claims and allegations were once again put to rest by the Defence Minister, who immediately took to Twitter and backed her statements which she made in Lok Sabha on Friday.

"It's a shame that the president of @INCIndia is spreading lies nd misleading the country.HAL has signed contracts worth 26570.8Cr (Between 2014 & 2018) nd contracts worth 73000Cr are in the pipeline.Will @RahulGandhi apologise to the country from the floor of the house nd resign?" her response read.'

READ | Rahul Gandhi Demands Nirmala Sitharaman's Resignation Over Claims On Rafale; Defence Minister Hits Back With Facts

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Published January 6th, 2019 at 19:31 IST

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