‘Kaamdaar vs naamdaar’: Arun Jaitley uses INS Viraat reference to attack Congress - Hindustan Times
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‘Kaamdaar vs naamdaar’: Arun Jaitley uses INS Viraat reference to attack Congress

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent
May 09, 2019 01:55 PM IST

Modi had lashed out at the Congress for saying that he should not refer to the country’s armed forces as his own and pointed out that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had misused INS Viraat.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attack on late Rajiv Gandhi for using an Indian naval warship as “personal taxi”, Union minister Arun Jaitley took it a step further.

The Kaamdars use India’s Naval assets to strike at terror, tweeted Arun Jaitley(REUTERS)
The Kaamdars use India’s Naval assets to strike at terror, tweeted Arun Jaitley(REUTERS)

Modi had lashed out at the Congress for saying that he should not refer to the country’s armed forces as his own and pointed out that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had misused INS Viraat.

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‘Rahul Gandhi says the armed forces are no one’s personal forces. But the Gandhis used INS Viraat as their personal taxi when Rajiv Gandhi as Prime Minister was on a 10-day holiday. The ship was on duty but was diverted to pick up the Gandhis,” Modi had said at an election rally in Delhi on Wednesday.

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“Rajiv Gandhi’s in-laws were also present. Should foreigners have been carried on an Indians warship? Wasn’t this playing with India’s security?” he had asked.

On Thursday, Arun Jaitley pointed out the difference between the leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress.

“The Kaamdars use India’s Naval assets to strike at terror. The Naamdars use them for personal vacations with family and in-laws,” Arun Jaitley tweeted.

INS Viraat, India’s first aircraft carrier, was formally decommissioned in March 2017.

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