Rajiv Gandhi used warship INS Viraat as ‘personal taxi’ to go on holiday: PM Modi at Ramlila Maidan

PM Modi,also asserted that even Navy personnel were put on service of Rajiv Gandhi and his family while they were vacationing at an island.

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New Delhi: Stepping up his ante against former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addresing an election rally on Wednesday claimed that the Rahul Gandhi's father used warship INS Virat as ‘private taxi’ for holidaying. PM Modi,also asserted that even Navy personnel were put on service of Rajiv Gandhi and his family while they were vacationing at an island. "At the time when, INS Virat was positioned for protection of maritime boundaries, it was sent to take Rajiv Gandhi and his family to an island for their holiday. Even his in-laws were onboard INS Virat. Was it not a compromise of national security?" PM Modi said. The prime minister, who said at that time INS Virat was positioned for protection of maritime boundaries, went on to claim that even Navy personnel were put on service of Rajiv Gandhi and his family while they were vacationing at the island. "INS Virat was also stationed at the island for 10 days during that time," he said. Taking a dig at Delhi Chief Minister-led Aam Aadmi Party, PM Modi said that that people had come to change country, but they themselves changed. He even he used term 'nakampanthi' in reference to the AAP government for 'not allowing Centre's Ayushmaan Bharat in Delhi hospitals'.