In a detailed statement, Admiral Ramdas, who was Chief of Naval Staff then, said the then Prime Minister had gone on an official trip to the Lakshadweep Islands to chair a meeting of the Islands Development Authority (IDA) held alternatively between Andaman and Lakshadweep Islands.
Addressing the gathering in Ramleela Maidan, Modi said, "Who has been treating the forces as personal property? ...have you ever heard that a family goes for holiday on a warship? This has happened in our country. The 'naamdar' family used INS Viraat as its personal property. They insulted it."
Karnataka BJP leader V Srinivasa Prasad has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of corruption.
Manoj Kashyap of Shahgarh in Amethi has written that he was 'traumatised' by the statements of the Prime Minister against late Rajiv Gandhi.
"Prima facie, we did not figure out any literal violation of MCC as given in the Election Commission of India instructions," the poll watchdog said, in a statement on Tuesday.
Their statement came after Modi had in a rally on Saturday targeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the Rafale issue and said "your father was termed 'Mr Clean' by his courtiers, but his life ended as 'Bhrashtachari No 1' (corrupt number 1)."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday threw a challenge at the Congress, asking it to contest the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha elections in the name of Rajiv Gandhi, who he recently dubbed as "bhrashtachari no. 1".
Thackeray joins the ranks of several prominent opposition leaders across the country who criticized Modi's statements on Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated by a Sri Lankan Tamil suicide bomber on May 21, 1991.
Rahul Gandhi's tweet came after PM Narendra Modi called Rajiv Gandhi "bhrashtachari no 1"
Some unidentified men defaced a sign board bearing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's name on Thursday, police said.
His reaction comes in the background of a statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi being vandalised in Ludhiana by some persons on Tuesday.
According to reports, a few unidentified miscreants painted the former PM's statue red and black. They carried out the act in full public glare and blamed Rajiv Gandhi for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Aam Aadmi Party tries to clear the air over its stand on conferring Bharat Ratna to Rajiv Gandhi and the resignation of its MLA Alka Lamba
Rajiv Gandhi’s Bharat Ratna Issue: AAP to take action against Alka Lamba and Somnath Bharti
TN Govt recommended release of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins
“Will BJP now with help of friend AIADMK and their appointed governor release terrorists just because they murdered former PM Rajiv Gandhi and others along with him?” asked Randeep Surjewala.
On May 21, 1991, former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at Sriperumbudur by an LTTE woman suicide bomber, Dhanu, at an election rally. Fourteen others, including Dhanu herself, were also killed.
A police team from Pune arrested Varavara Rao and had allegedly recvovered a letter mentioning a plan to assassinate Modi from the house of one of the five persons arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence.
A bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and K M Joseph took the document, filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, on record and adjourned the matter.
Pune Police intercepts internal communication of Maoists planning a 'Rajiv Gandhi type' assassination of Prime Minister Modi.
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