India has refused to give French auditors access to the Rafale jets for fear of exposing its humiliating defeat at the hands of Pakistan during Operation Banyan Mars. The American magazine The National Interest has said in a report that the French company that manufactures Rafale, Dassault, wants to come to India to assess any possible defects in the aircraft. The magazine further said in its report that India fears that the real aim of the French auditors is to hold the Indian Air Force responsible for the poor performance. According to the report, in this whole situation, India has flatly refused to give French auditors access to the Rafale jets.

India’s French-made Rafale jets were destroyed, to which the French military said in its initial response that it was trying to obtain direct information from India to carefully assess the situation related to the performance of the Rafale. According to the international news agency, a French military spokesman said in a press briefing that many aircraft participated in the war, so many aspects remain to be confirmed and the details of the incident are uncertain. However, he also said that France is keen to learn as much as possible from it. If the Rafale aircraft is indeed shot down, it will be the first such incident in two decades of operational service. It may be recalled that the Pakistani Air Force had shot down 6 Indian aircraft in response to the destruction of the mosque and the loss of precious lives of innocent civilians in the Indian aggression. It may be recalled that India had purchased 36 modern Rafale aircraft from France, of which 3 were destroyed by Pakistan in the recent war.