Fix responsibility for breach: State BJP chief Ashwani Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 5

Terming the breach in the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as complete collapse of law and order in Punjab, the BJP has demanded that responsibility for the lapse must be fixed and those found guilty be held accountable.

State BJP president Ashwani Sharma said it was unprecedented in the history of the state and probably in the history of the country that the PM was stuck on a road for about 15 to 20 minutes as “anti-social elements duly supported and encouraged by the Punjab Government led by Charanjit Singh Channi were allowed a free run on the roads” and the Prime Minister had to return to the airport.

Lashing out at the Congress government in the state, he alleged that for “petty partisan benefits”, the state government compromised the security of the PM.

“We can’t rule out some deep-rooted conspiracy and it needs to be probed,” he said, while asserting that it was a “wilful and criminal negligence of the state government with ulterior motives”.

Sharma said the state government could not hide behind the excuse that the Prime Minister changed his travel plan at the last minute by opting to drive, instead of flying, to Martyrs’ Memorial at Hussainiwala. He said it was because of the heavy rain and poor visibility that the plan was changed.