BJP trains guns on Cong, Channi over PM’s security lapse in Punjab: Who said what | India News

NEW DELHI: The BJP trained its guns on the Charanjit Singh Channi-led Punjab government as well as the Congress on Wednesday after PM Narendra Modi’s rally in Ferozepur had to be cancelled due to ‘major security lapse’.
The PM’s cavalcade was stuck on a flyover for around 20 minutes in a major breach of security, said the home ministry. The PM later made it safely back to the Bathinda airport.

Punjab govt using tricks: Nadda

BJP national president J P Nadda blamed the Congress government in Punjab for the lapse.
“Fearing a resounding defeat at the hands of the electorate, the Congress government in Punjab tried all possible tricks to scuttle PM’s programmes in the state,” Nadda tweeted.

“To make matters worse, CM Channi refused to get on the phone to either address the matter or solve it. The tactics used by the Congress government in Punjab would pain anyone who believes in democratic principles,” Nadda said.

Keep you cool, Surjewala tells Nadda

Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala reacted to Nadda’s tweet and asked the BJP leader to “stop loosing cool”.

Punjab minister Rajkumar Verka added that there were no shortcomings in the security arrangements during the PM’s visit to Punjab. “The accusations of a security breach are baseless. The truth is that BJP’s rally was a flop show. When PM got to know this, he decided to return,” said Verka.
Cong has no right to be in power: BJP Punjab chief
“If they (Congress) can’t save democracy & maintain law & order in state, they’ve no right to be in power. We’ll release videos of buses carrying people to join rally tommorrow (on allegations that there was poor turnout at BJP rally), said BJP Punjab president Ashwani Sharma.

Matter of shame: Assam CM

Assam chief minister H B Sarma said that it was a matter of shame that PM Modi’s cavalcade was stopped by protesters on his way to launch development schemes for welfare of Punjab.
“This is a serious security lapse and the fact that the Punjab CM didn’t address the issue makes matters even worse,” said Sarma, adding: “While PM is going all out to ensure holistic development of Punjab, today’s incident shows how Congress is least interested in development and only wants to play politics. Such a security breach in the crucial border state must be enquired at the highest levels.”