The Missionary Position

When India selected 126 French Rafale fighter aircraft over the UKmanufactured Typhoon involving a consortium of European countries , a £13 billion deal, some British politicians and commentators demanded that aid to 'ungrateful' India, a fast-rising economic power , be stopped. The press dredged up finance minister Pranab Mukherjee's comment that the £280 million annual British aid is 'peanuts' . India's opposition parties called for UK aid to be rejected. 

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