Rahul Gandhi's former partner in Backops, got defence offset contract during UPA regime
Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who has been crying foul over Rafale contract been given to Anil Ambani, as per a report was a co-promoter of a UK firm backops limited, that allegedly acquired defence offsets under the UPA regime. The report says that Rahul owned a majority 65% equity in the firm between 2003 and 2009 and his partner Mcknight owned a 35% shares in the company. Mcknight and his company later went on to acquire offset contracts from French defence supplier naval group against scorpene submarines in 2011. Documents accessed by NewsX point out how Ulrik Robert Mcknight was incorporated as a director in the company.