Congress targets SPG as BJP links Punjab CMO to security ‘breach’

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 7

The BJP today turned up the heat over the “security breach” during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab on January 5, even as the Congress said BJP must explain why the Special Protection Group (SPG) left the PM’s line of sight uncovered when he was stuck on a flyover.

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Union Minister Giriraj Singh has alleged that the attempt to “eliminate” the PM was “linked to the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office”.

“The Prime Minister could have been killed by a drone or a telescopic gun,” claimed the Union Minister of Rural Development, terming the “major security breach” a “high-level conspiracy”.

Sharing the video of the PM’s cavalcade stranded on a flyover, Giriraj Singh tweeted, “It was not a coincidence, but a conspiracy to pull the PM in the well of death. He survived by the grace of Mahadev (Lord Shiva). If a thorough investigation is conducted, it will not only unmask the role of the Punjab CM’s office, but also reveal that wires may be connected to the top.”

BJP MPs held protests against the Congress near Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in the Parliament complex. They raised slogans, demanding an apology from the Punjab Government.

Meanwhile, the Congress has said the BJP must stop politicising the issue of Prime Minister’s security.

“The government-released pictures of the PM cavalcade on the flyover clearly show the PM’s line of sight uncovered. How could the SPG allow this?” said Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate.

The Congress also said a new viral video of the January 5 incident showed that BJP supporters were in close proximity to the PM.

“PM Modi is the sole SPG protectee in the country. The SPG reports to the PMO and the Cabinet Secretary. So we want to ask the government to make public all inputs, on which the SPG acted,” said Shrinate.

She further said, “The time the PM was stranded on the flyover, the SPG had not even covered his line of sight as it is clear from the visuals. The PM’s vehicle is fully exposed. Why? The BJP must stop politicising PM’s security. Once they do that, this dirty politics will stop by itself.”

High-level conspiracy

It was not a coincidence, but a conspiracy to pull the PM in the well of death. A probe will unmask the Punjab CMO’s role. — Giriraj Singh, Union minister

PM’s line of sight was uncovered

The govt-released pictures of the PM cavalcade on the flyover clearly show the PM’s line of sight uncovered. How could the SPG allow this? — Supriya Shrinate, Cong