No political interference: France

No political interference: France

AgenciesUpdated: Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 11:51 PM IST
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New Delhi: In the wake of reports that it granted huge tax waiver to Anil Ambani’s French firm, France Saturday said a global settlement was reached between the French tax authorities and the Reliance subsidiary and that it was not subjected to any political interference.

Aimed at disinforming public: Defence Ministry
The Defence Ministry termed as “mischievous” and “inaccurate” the attempts to draw a connection between the tax issue and the Rafale deal and said they are aimed at disinforming public. “We have seen reports drawing conjectural connection between tax exemption to a private company and procurement of Rafale fighter jets by government of India. Neither the period of the tax concession nor the subject matter of the concession relate even remotely to the Rafale procurement concluded during the tenure of the present government,” the ministry said in a statement.

Congress fires fresh salvo
Firing a fresh salvo at PM Narendra Modi on the Rafale issue, the Congress on Saturday alleged that the 143.7 million euro French tax waiver to Anil Ambani’s telecom company in 2015, after India announced the fighter jet deal, was due to PM Modi’s “blessings” as he acted as a “middleman” for the businessman. “This is called zero sum choices, startling tax concession and Modi ‘kripa’ (blessings),” Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told reporters here while referring to a French newspaper report that France waived taxes of the Reliance Communications’ subsidiary.

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