New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met President Ram Nath Kovind here and apprised him of Wednesday’s developments in Punjab.
Earlier, the President expressed concern over the breach in the Prime Minister’s security detail during the Punjab visit on Wednesday, official sources said even as the state constituted a committee to probe the lapses and a political slugfest on the issue continued.
The Home Ministry, meanwhile, is awaiting the response of the Punjab government before fixing responsibility in the matter and has called for strictest action against those responsible.
The developments came even as former prime minister HD Devegowda termed as unfortunate the controversy over PM’s security breach and cautioned against complacency in protecting the highest official of the state.
The BJP, meanwhile, has met Punjab governor and demanded the sacking of DGP Sidharth Chattopadhyay and Home Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa.
The matter is set to assume a major political colour on the eve of elections to Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab with the BJP set to project the Congress as a “Modi hater which tried to bring harm to the PM by exposing him for over 15 minutes at an elevated road in Punjab’s Ferozepur yesterday”, as already stated by Union minister Smriti Irani.
The Congress has rejected the charges of security breach.
