Punjab Dy CM admits lapse in PM Modi’s safety in Ferozepur

After a significant safety lapse in Punjab the place the convoy of PM Modi was struck on an overbridge for nearly 20 minutes and needed to return on account of a roadblock put up by some ‘protestors’ the Punjab govt has admitted that it was a lapse. Punjab Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has admitted that it was a significant safety lapse, saying that an alternate route ought to have been deliberate earlier however was not performed.
The Congress chief additionally busted the declare of a number of Congress leaders and members, who have been saying that PM Modi’s journey to Punjab by highway was not pre-planned and it was not knowledgeable to the state govt prematurely. Dy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa knowledgeable that everybody was conscious that PM Modi was travelling by highway and Punjab Police was imagined to have made preparations for a similar.
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Randhawa mentioned {that a} safety assembly was additionally organized between the SPG, Punjab Police, and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat relating to the highway journey. He additional admitted that Punjab govt didn’t plan a contingency plan, which is required as per protocol.
“I am accepting an alternative route was to be there. It was not there, I am accepting, amitting the same,” he mentioned.
Responding the comment by Punjab CM Charanjit Channi that the blockage of PM’s highway was a ‘natural event’, Randhawa mentioned that he doesn’t whether or not the CM has safety lapse or not. “I don’t know if Channi Sahab has refused or not. I am not with him. Everyone knows PM Modi was going via road, there was nothing confidential about it, it was in the media. I don’t know the development yet,” he instructed Republic TV.
While the PM Modi was imagined to journey to Ferozepur for a rally by way of helicopter, he opted to journey by way of highway as helicopter experience was not doable on account of unhealthy climate. But as per safety protocol, such contingencies are at all times anticipated and accordingly, the highway journey was additionally deliberate. Accordingly, full rehearsal of the route was carried out by Punjab Police and SPG a day forward, which went easily.
In the in the meantime, the SSP of Ferozepur Harman Hans has been suspended for the safety lapse. However, the way in which the Congress supporters have been celebrating the ‘failed assassination attempt of the PM’, an in depth probe by a central company could also be ordered to look into the difficulty.