Bidar (Karnataka), Apr 15 : Continuing her attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday termed him a "slave of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)".

Addressing an election rally here, Sonia Gandhi called Advani incompetent and a leader who couldn''t take decisions on his own.

"It is Advani, who is a slave of the RSS because he wants to protect his chair. This is the reason why he fulfills each and every wish of the RSS," claimed Gandhi.

Bidar (Karnataka), Jan 21: An IAF fighter pilot on a training sortie was killed when a Surya Kiran trainer aircraft crashed in Bidar in Karnataka this morning.

According to sources, the pilot was on the Kiran Mk II trainer aircraft, when the mishap occurred.

"The aircraft took off from Bidar and the crash took place a few minutes later at a vacant plot near the air force station," sources added.

The Air Headquarters has ordered an inquiry into the mishap.

The Surya Kiran aerobatics team is the successor of the Thuderbolt team of the IAF, which was formed in 1982 as a fulltime public display team. The team comprises 13 pilots with only nine pilots flying at any given time.

Bidar, Feb 23: Defence Minister A. K.