Comments of France former President Francois Hollande that Indian government proposed Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as its partner in the multi-million dollar Rafale deal has caught the Narendra Modi led Centre in a crossfire, with the opposition demanding his resignation.
Hollande was quoted in French website Mediapart where he said they had no choice and took the interlocutor which was given, stirring a row.
Diving into the controversy over Rafale Deal, French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wasn't in power when the agreement was inked and maintained it was a government-to-government discussion. A row erupted over Reliance Defence's involvement in the project after Francois Hollande's remarks.