The NDA government blasted Congress for suggesting that there was complicity involved in the Rafale Deal. The Rs. 59,000cr Rafale deal, finalized in 2016, involves buying 36 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircrafts (MRCA) from French defense manufacturer Dassault. The government called the charges "unfounded and misleading," reiterating that they had secured a better deal in terms of price, capability, equipment, delivery and maintenance than UPA.