Editorial photo #3223938 Unrest, Conflicts and War

Protest In India Against Modi

India's opposition Congress party worker wear masks of (L-R) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and business tycoon Anil Ambani as they protest against the Rafale fighter jet deal in Mumbai on September 27, 2019. In September 2016, India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France, dubbed as "Rafale deal", in which India bought 36 off-the-shelf Dassault Rafale twin-engine fighters for a price estimated to be Rs. 58,000 crore or 7.8 billion Euros. In November 2016, however, a political warfare over the Rafale deal began and the Congress accused the government of causing "insurmountable loss" of taxpayers' money by signing the deal worth Rs 58,000 crores. It also claimed that the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence Limited had been unfairly picked to be the French firm's Indian partner. The Congress alleged that the cost of each aircraft is three times more than what the previous UPA had negotiated with France in 2012. (Photo by Prash Way/NurPhoto)