Deliberate bid to physically harm PM, alleges BJP

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 5

A political slugfest has begun over PM Modi’s “breach of security” at Piareana village in Ferozepur, with the BJP accusing the Punjab Government of “deliberately trying to cause physical harm to the PM” and slamming Indian Youth Congress chief’s “josh” remark, calling it a “proof of the plot” to harm the PM.

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Union Minister Smriti Irani asked: “Who in the Punjab Government gave information about the PM’s security details to individuals who planted themselves on the flyover?” Amit Malviya, BJP’s IT cell chief, called it an attempt to “eliminate/assassinate” the PM. “Just because the Congress can’t defeat the PM, they are resorting to unconstitutional means to eliminate him…,” he claimed. JP Nadda, BJP president, claimed that fearing a resounding defeat in the Assembly elections, the Congress government in Punjab had resorted to all possible tricks to “scuttle” Modi’s programme in the state. He accused CM Channi of “refusing to come on the phone to address the matter”.

He also accused the Punjab Government of using the police to prevent people from attending the PM’s Ferozepur rally. “A large number of buses were stranded because of the high-handedness of the police and its connivance with the protesters. It’s sad that the PM’s visit to launch projects worth thousands of crores was disrupted. We will not let such cheap mentality impede Punjab’s development,” Nadda added.

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