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Lok Sabha polls: Gandhis used INS Viraat for holidaying, says PM Modi

Apart from Delhi, the PM also addressed public meetings in Haryana's Fatehabad and Kurukshetra on Wednesday

PM Narendra Modi addressed his first rally in New Delhi during the ongoing election  campaign, on Wednesday Photo: Dalip Kumar
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PM Narendra Modi addressed his first rally in New Delhi during the ongoing election campaign, on Wednesday Photo: Dalip Kumar

Archis Mohan New Delhi
Addressing his first public meeting in Delhi during the Lok Sabha election campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday persisted with his attack on former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Turning the clock back by 30 years, an issue that was more a talking point during the 1989 Lok Sabha poll campaign, the PM accused the Gandhi family of using warship INS Viraat as its “personal taxi” for a holiday when Rajiv Gandhi was at the helm. Earlier, Modi had called the former PM “Bhrashtachari no. 1”.

Responding to that barb, Rahul Gandhi had tweeted on Sunday, “Modi Ji, the battle

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