Apne CM ko thanks kehna ki mein Bhatinda airport tak zinda laut paaya (Say thanks to your Chief Minister that I could return alive till Bhatinda airport).” Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly told this to the officials at Bhatinda airport on his return after his cavalcade got stuck on a flyover in a highly sensitive zone for about 15-20 minutes due to a road blockade by the protesting farmers.
The Prime Minister, who was on his way to the National Martyrs Memorial in Hussainiwala by road, was forced to cancel his onward journey after the incident due to the security breach and returned to Bhatinda.
The Prime Minister was visiting Punjab after a gap of two years.