TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ In a sensational charge, Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi on Wednesday accused the Gandhi family of using the warship INS Viraat as its ‘personal taxi’ when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister.Addressing his first poll rally in New Delhi ahead of the May 12 election for seven seats, Modi alleged that the Congress insulted the warship by using it for Gandhi family vacations.
Modi’s attack on the late prime minister comes on the heels of his allegation that Rajiv Gandhi died as a ‘brashtachari no 1’.The then government led by Rajiv Gandhi and the Indian Navy hosted his family, including in-laws, and a helicopter was also deployed in their service, Modi claimed, adding that when a family becomes supreme, the country’s security is at stake.
‘INS
Viraat was insulted by using it as a personal taxi. This happened when Rajiv
Gandhi and his family was out for a 10-day vacation. INS Viraat was deployed
for securing our maritime boundary. But it was diverted to take the Gandhi
family which was out for a vacation,’ Modi said. He also claimed that after
picking up the Gandhi family, INS Viraat halted at an island for 10 days.
