Amit Shah, Smriti Irani slam Punjab govt for PM Modi's security breach

The topmost echelons of Congress owe an apology to the people of the country for what they have done said Union Home Minister Amit Shah after a security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Punjab and sought a detailed report from the Ministry of Home AffairsAhead of the Punjab Assembly elections Shah said that Congressmade happening in Punjab is a trailer of how the party thinks and functions Taking to Twitter Amit Shah said Todays Congressmade happening in Punjab is a trailer of how this party thinks and functionsRepeated rejections by the people have taken them to the path of insanity The topmost echelons of the Congress owe an apology to the people of India for what they have done Shah said Shah said that such dereliction of security procedure in the Prime Ministers visit is totally unacceptableUnion Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that the state government deliberately created a scenario to cause harm to the Prime MinisterNever before in the history of our country has a state government knowingly constructed a scenario where the Prime Minister will be brought to harm We know Congress hates Modi but today they tried to harm the Prime Minister of India Irani said during a press conference here on WednesdayShe added The DGP claims he is incapable of providing support PMO and PM security detail The Congress must give an answer Raising questions over the lapse in security the Union Minister said The questions we as BJP workers and nation needs to ask the Congress government in Punjab that why did the DGP give an allclear to the PM security detail or the route that the PM was to undertake Who in the Punjab government gave information about the PMs route to individuals who planted themselves atop the flyoverFormer Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh took to Twitter to say Complete failure of law and order in Punjab CM and HM Punjab in particular When you cannot provide smooth passage to the Prime Minister of the country and that too just 10 km from the Pakistan border you have no right to stay in office and should quitBharatiya Janata Party chief Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday said that he will not let cheap mentality hinder the progress of Punjab Taking to Twitter Nadda said It is sad that the PMs visit to launch development projects worth thousands of crores for Punjab was disrupted But we will not let such cheap mentality hinder progress of Punjab and will continue the effort for the development of PunjabOther opposition leaders namely Basavaraj Bommar Prahlad Patel Narendra Singh Tomar too slammed the Punjab government and demanded that they take responsibility of the ldquosecurity lapserdquoWhile Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi has refuted claims of a ldquosecurity lapserdquo for the PM He said that the PM was supposed to travel from Bhatinda to Ferozepur by helicopter by a change of plans was made last minute and he took the road There is no security lapse He also expressed regret that the PM had to cut his trip shortThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever