Guwahati: Amid the ongoing controversy over Narendra Modi’s security lapse during his Punjab visit, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday hit out at the Congress and claimed that the party high command and Charanjit Singh Channi conspired to assassinate the Prime Minister of India. Was.
Speaking to reporters on the matter, Biswa also demanded the arrest of his Punjab counterpart Channi for his role in the alleged conspiracy.
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The Assam chief minister said, “All the evidence makes it clear that the Congress high command and the Punjab chief minister had hatched a conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
Sarma said, “Punjab CID DSP Sukhdev Singh’s voice was recorded in a sting operation in which he is telling a senior SSP about the conspiracy on January 2. When the incident happened on January 5, the CID informed the higher authorities,” Sarma said. Suppressor.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was referring to an alleged sting operation aired by a news channel in Punjab, which claimed that the state police already had an intelligence report about a plot to assassinate the prime minister.
PM Modi who was on his way to address an election rally in Punjab’s Ferozepur had to take the road to the district due to bad weather. However, he was stuck on the flyover for about 15-20 minutes due to the blockade by some protesting farmers. The Union Home Ministry has described the entire episode as a big security lapse.
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Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has constituted an inquiry committee headed by former apex court judge Justice Indu Malhotra to probe into the security breach of the PM.
Criticizing the blame game between the state government and the Center over the entire episode, the top court said: “War of words between them is not a solution. It highlights the need for a strong mechanism to respond at such a critical juncture.” can reduce.”
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