Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi has alleged that prime minister Narendra Modi’s “life threat gimmick” was aimed at “toppling a democratically elected government. The Chief Minister claimed there was no threat to Modi’s life as he cancelled his programme on Wednesday because of less number of people in the BJP’s rally at Ferozepur. Channi alleged that the “false pretext” on which the PM cancelled his visit was part of a “larger conspiracy to defame Punjab and murder democracy in the state.
Meanwhile, the Ferozepur police have registered a case against unidentified persons for blocking the Ferozepur-Moga national highway and leading to the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Punjab visit on Wednesday. The matter is being probed. No person has been detained or arrested so far. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday issued a show-cause notice to the Bathinda Senior Superintendent of Police, asking him to submit his reply within a day. A team from the Union Home Ministry on Friday visited the flyover in Punjab's Ferozepur to probe security lapses during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab. Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya, and 12 other senior officials, including those deployed for the Prime Minister's visit Wednesday, have repportedly been called for questioning today. The Home Ministry, meanwhile, has also sent a notice to Bathinda's top cop, asking for a reply in 24 hours.
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