A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi misused INS Viraat as a 'personal taxi' for family holiday, former Navy Chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas refuted PM Modi's claims. Prime Minister and Mrs Gandhi were embarked on board INS Viraat off Trivandrum en route Lakshadweep. He added that Gandhi had never used INS Viraat as his "personal taxi" for 10 days. He said, "INS Viraat was in the sea for the PM's backup security." However, former Navy Commander (retd) VK Jaitly claimed that Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi used INS Viraat to holiday at Bangaram Island.

Source: dna May 09, 2019 23:37 UTC