Calling Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra a private citizen, Union Minister Smriti Irani slammed Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi for briefing Priyanka on PM Narendra Modi's security and breach.

Addressing a press conference, she said, "Why did the Punjab CM brief a private citizen (Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) on the PM's security protocol and the breach? Why is the private citizen, who is a part of the Gandhi family, an interested party into the matter?". She further questioned the Congress-led Punjab government for "deliberately breaching" the Prime Minister's security measures. Irani said, "I reiterate our questions to Congress high command. Why were security measures deliberately breached with the active connivance of the Congress-led government in Punjab? Who in Congress sought to benefit from the breach?