New Delhi, June 5: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a jibe at the Modi Government after reports surfaced that the Centre was mulling over slashing funds for soldiers' uniform. Rahul Gandhi in his tweet also shared the report of the Economics Times which published the news of the government axing the funds for soldiers’ uniforms.

Gandhi tweeted, “MAKE (empty slogans and useless acronyms) IN INDIA....meanwhile, make our soldiers buy their own clothes & shoes.”

According to The Economics Times report, the Indian Army drastically cut down its supplies from government ordinance factories. The move is to allocate more funds for purchasing critical ammunition for a short intense war. The move will force soldiers to spend their own money to buy uniforms and other essentials from local markets. The central government and the Indian Army have not confirmed the report yet.

After coming to power in 2014, the BJP-led government time and again have asserted their commitment towards boosting the defence sector. During the Defence Expo 2018 also the Centre promoted domestic defence manufacturing companies to give push to 'Make in India' campaign.

Recently, the opposition had attacked the government over bribery allegations in a deal to repair Ukrainian Aircraft Anotov-32. The opposition parties had also slammed the government over the Rafale deal in which India  purchased 36 Rafale fighter jets from France worth 7.5 billion Euros.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday addressed the media on Defence expenditure and said that there was no cash crunch. She also clarified that there was no shortage of defence ammunition. The defence minister further added that allegations of scam in the Rafael deal were baseless.

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