PM Narendra Modi does it again, says Rajiv Gandhi used INS Viraat for private holiday: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ‘corrupt no 1,’ another scathing attack was launched against the latter by the prime minister on Wednesday. Retorting the Congress’ claims that the saffron party has been using the Indian Army for its political gains, PM Modi reminded the decades-old-party of the time when Rajiv Gandhi had used the INS Viraat for his personal holidays when he was serving as the prime minister of the country. Speaking at a rally in national capital’s Ramlila Maidan, PM Modi said the Gandhi family used the Viraat as their personal taxi when Rajiv Gandhi was on a 10-day holiday.
He added that the national security was harmed as INS Virat was positioned for protection of maritime boundaries, but was sent to pick up Gandhis from an island for their security. He further pointed out the fact that his in-laws from Italy were also present, questioning should the foreigners have been carried on an Indians warship?
PM Modi also took a shot at the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi and said the party has supported the ‘tukde-tukde’ gang, referring to Kanhaiya Kumar who had been slapped sedition charges for allegedly shouting anti-national slogans in JNU.
The elections in Delhi are scheduled to take place on May 12, 2019. Earlier in the day, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressed her first-ever rally in the national capital. She dared PM Modi to contest the last two phases of the 2019 polls on notebandi, GST, women’s safety and unfulfilled promises to the youth. Priyanka threw the open challenge at the prime minister saying it is a Delhi girl who has been challenging him.
