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Jaitley quotes Ian Fleming during Rafale debate, Saugata Roy corrects him

The quote is from Fleming's 1959 novel, Goldfinger

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

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In the discussion on the Rafale deal in the Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress' Saugata Roy had Opposition members in splits when he likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Meghnad from Ramayana. Roy said Modi, like Meghnad in Ramayana, is not facing debate in the House and hiding behind Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (pictured). In Ramayana, Meghnad uses his magical powers to attack Ram's army from behind the clouds. Roy also said Jaitley's memory was failing him as he misquoted Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. During his speech, Jaitley had pointed to sundry defence scams during Congress regimes: "Once

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