"Attempt To Prevent Humiliation": Navjot Singh Sidhu On PM Security Row
NDTV
Congress's Navjot Singh Sidhu further alleged that by defaming Punjab, the leaders of the BJP want to reap political benefits in other poll-bound states.
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu hit out at BJP leaders on Friday, alleging that a rant about security lapses during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state is being made to reap political benefits in other poll-bound states and save themselves from humiliation as PM Modi would have had to address a gathering of 500 people when arrangements for 70,000 were made.
Along with Congress leader Alka Lamba, Mr Sidhu launched a scathing attack on the BJP, which has accused the Congress of conspiring to physically harm the prime minister.
The cricketer-turned-politician alleged that by defaming Punjab, the leaders of the saffron party want to reap political benefits in other poll-bound states.
The prime minister's convoy was stranded on a flyover due to a blockade by protesters in Punjab's Ferozepur on Wednesday, after which he returned from the poll-bound state without attending any event, including a rally.
