NEW DELHI: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that Rajiv Gandhi used INS Viraat as his as a personal taxi, Congress leader Divya Spandana on Thursday cited the example of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar in response to his allegations against former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
Yeh teek tha? @narendramodi you took a Canadian citizen @akshaykumar with you on-board INS Sumitra. #SabseBadaJhootaModi
— Divya Spandana/Ramya (@divyaspandana) May 9, 2019
Here’s the link to the article, most of us have not forgotten this controversy : https://t.co/jrPNUvk2Py pic.twitter.com/SWkl78rA4F
Sharing the photos of Akshay Kumar on board the presidential yacht INS Sumitra, she asked whether it was proper to take a "Canadian citizen" onboard a navy warship. PM Modi "took a Canadian citizen @akshaykumar with you on-board INS Sumitra," she said in the post, tagging both, the prime minister and the actor. "Most of us have not forgotten this controversy" Ms Spandana, an actor-politician, referencing a 2016 article criticising the event.
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In a rally in Delhi on Wednesday, PM Modi had claimed that Rajiv Gandhi, father of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, used INS Viraat as his as a personal taxi for family vacations in 1987. He said that when the late PM Rajiv Gandhi came on board the aircraft carrier, his friends and Italian mother-in-law were with him. PM Modi, in his tweet, also enclosed a news story by India Today from 1988.
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After PM allegations, retired Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha clarified that Rajiv Gandhi was on an official visit on INS Viraat and not on a vacation. The Congress further accused PM Modi of using Air Force jets as his "own taxi", paying "as low as Rs. 744" for trips during the election.
