Summary:
Gandhi said firms such as HAL, ISRO and DRDO are “temples of modern India” which are being “destroyed” by the Modi government that is indulging in corruption. Public sector is the backbone of the country and the defence sector,” Gandhi said. The decision (to give offset contract) should be done only on merit. He said the HAL fraternity’s hard work of the last 78 years and their patriotism has been “insulted and questioned” by the Modi government. “A very senior person in the government has raised questions over the ‘capacity’ of HAL..