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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said, former French President Francois Hollande contradicted his own statement with regard to the Rafale deal and that neither the Indian nor the French government played any role in the selection of Reliance as offset partner by Dassault.
Mr Jaitley in a Facebook post has written that the French Government and M/s Dassault Aviation have categorically denied the correctness of the former President’s first statement.
He also said, the French Government has stated that the decision with regard to the offset contracts of Dassault Aviation are taken by the company and not the Government. Finance Minister further added that Dassault Aviation itself has suggested that they have entered into multiple contracts with several public sector and private sector companies with regard to the offset contracts and the decision is entirely theirs.