Not allowing to let go Congress off the hook on the issue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged "security breach", the BJP on Wednesday asked as to why the Punjab DGP gave an "all clear" to his route and accused the State Government of deliberately ignoring the security threat to the PM.
Addressing a press conference here, BJP leader and Union Minister Smiriti Irani alleged that security protocol was breached by an "active connivance" even as state Police officials informed their superiors about the protestors. She asked who in the Opposition party sought to benefit from the breach.
Irani cited a 'sting' done by a news channel which purportedly showed some Punjab police officials saying that they informed their superiors about protestors blocking the route of Modi's motorcade but no action was allegedly taken.
"What is extremely disconcerting is that Punjab Police officials have highlighted how they continuously engaged with the Congress government and administration in Punjab to bring to light the threat to the security of PM and his route. The question this expose begets who in the Congress-led government in Punjab continued to deliberately ignore these threats to the PM's security," she asked. "Why did the state DGP give 'all clear to PM''s route?”
" Why did the Punjab CM brief a private citizen (Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) on the PM's security protocol and the breach? Why is the private citizen, who is a part of the Gandhi family, an interested party,” the Union Minister further asked.
Ex-servicemen affiliated to the BJP have also submitted a signed memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind expressing "serious concern" over the "security breach".
The Supreme Court on Wednesday has already appointed a committee chaired by its former judge Indu Malhotra to inquire into a security breach that led to the Prime Minister’s convoy being stuck on a flyover in Punjab on January 5.