Channi government stage-managed blockade that led to PM’s security breach, says Amarinder Singh
India Today
Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said on Friday that the Channi government stage-managed the blockade that resulted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security breach.
Punjab Lok Congress leader Amarinder Singh on Friday launched a scathing attack against Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, alleging that the road blockade that led to the PM’s security breach was "stage-managed" and kickbacks were received in the transfer and posting of officers.
The incumbent government has been exposed as a "suitcase di sarkar" after the recent ED raids that unearthed crores of rupees from the chief minister's kin, he said in a statement.
Amarinder Singh also claimed that Channi had once "fallen on his feet", imploring to get rid of a harassment complaint by a woman officer.
The prime minister's convoy was stranded on a flyover due to a blockade by protesters in Ferozepur earlier this month, after which he returned from the poll-bound state without attending the rally there.
The former Punjab CM alleged that the Channi government had "instructed police not to remove farmers who were stopping BJP buses" from reaching the Ferozepur rally venue.
Amarinder Singh said he had earlier passed the flyover near Ferozepur and there was no blockade there.
The PM’s security breach was "clearly stage-managed" by the Channi government, the leader said in a statement.
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