Former Punjab Chief Minister and retired army Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called for President’s rule in the state. He called for the imposition of the President’s rule after a serious breach was reported in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security when he had gone to an area in Punjab which is very close to the international border with Pakistan.
Amarinder said the Channi government had utterly failed in ensuring law and order in the state. In a tweet the former CM of Punjab who had called Navjot Singh Sidhu unstable and close friend of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi, “Complete failure of law and order in Punjab, CM and HM Punjab, in particular. When you cannot provide smooth passage to the Prime Minister of the country and that too just 10km from the Pakistan border, you have no right to stay in office and should quit!,”
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PM Modi on Wednesday (January 5) had to return without addressing a rally in the poll-bound state after his convoy got stuck in a road blockade near Hussainiwala.
Amrinder Singh who after leaving the Congress party and forming the Punjab Lok Congress said, “If we have to keep our state safe and keep law and order system here, then I think President’s rule should be imposed,”.
Meanwhile the Union Home Ministry, in a statement, has described this incident as a “major lapse” in the Prime Minister’s travel in Punjab.
The MHA statement read, “The Prime Minister’s schedule and travel plan was communicated well in advance to the Punjab Government. As per procedure, they have to make necessary arrangements for logistics, security as well as keep a contingency plan ready. Also in view of the contingency plan the Punjab Government has to deploy additional security to secure any movement by road, which were clearly not deployed,”.
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