New Delhi: Since the day when Supreme Court appointed an inquiry team headed by former judge Indu Mahotra to probe the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modiโs recent visit to Punjab, the BJP reiterated its allegation that the violation was โdeliberateโ and sought to know โwho in the Congress would benefit out of the security breach of Prime Ministerโ.
Addressing a press conference an hour after the apex courtโs order, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Smriti Irani asked: โWhy were security measures for the Prime Minister, which are protocols, deliberately breached with active connivance of the Congress-led government (in Punjab)? Who sought to benefit in the Congress party from the breach of the Prime Ministerโs security? Who in the Punjab government continued to deliberately ignore the threats to the Prime Ministerโs security?โ Irani said the Congress high command should respond to the questions.
She added she and BJP national media head Anil Baluni are reiterating the questions the party raised in the wake of โan expose by a national television channelโ. This comes after India Today claimed that its investigation has โrevealed that Punjab police knew about the farmerโs protest ahead of PM Narendra Modiโs visit to Ferozpurโ.
Irani also questioned to know why Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi briefed Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on the issue of the Prime Ministerโs security breach.
โShe (Vadra) has admitted in an interview that the Punjab Chief Minister had briefed her about the breach. The question arises what security clearance a citizen (Priyanka) has to have for a Chief Minister to brief her about the Prime Ministerโs security protocols and breach โ which are details that should have been limited to security agencies. Why did such a briefing take place for a private citizen? Why is that private citizen, a member of the Gandhi family, an interested party?โ Irani asked.
Iraniโs questioning came after the day she slammed Congress for the Pmโs Security Lapse in Punjab.
โThe questions the nation asks the Congress are: Why did the Prime Ministerโs security details give a false clearance of the route he had to take? Why did the administration not respond when it was breached? Why did the Congress leadership erupt with joy when the Prime Minister had his security breached?โ Irani asked while alleging that the protesters were โplantedโ atop the flyover where the PM was stranded for 20 minutes.
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