Jairam Ramesh targets PM Modi for taking credit for INS Vikrant

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has targeted PM Narendra Modi for taking credit for the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. He has called it not only the achievement of the Modi government but the result of the collective efforts of all the governments after the year 1999. Jairam Ramesh has asked PM Modi by tweeting whether he will accept that this has been possible due to the efforts of all the governments.

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has tweeted that India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant today is the result of the collective effort of all the governments since 1999. Will the Prime Minister accept it?

India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant commissioned today is a collective effort of all govts since 1999. Will PM acknowledge?

Let’s also recall original INS Vikrant that served us well in 1971 war. Much reviled Krishna Menon played a key role in getting it from UK.

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 2, 2022

He has said that, let us also remember the original INS Vikrant which served us well in the 1971 war. Krishna Menon was instrumental in getting it from UK.

PM Modi today dedicated to the nation the country's largest and first indigenous aircraft carrier 'INS Vikrant' with about 2,200 rooms designed for around 1,600 crew members in Cochin. INS Vikrant is the largest ship ever built in the maritime history of India. Prime Minister PM Modi commissioned this indigenously built aircraft carrier with state-of-the-art automatic equipment at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore at the Cochin Shipyard. The Prime Minister also unveiled the new naval flag (mark) at the launch event of the ship.