"Attempt To Prevent Humiliation": Navjot Singh Sidhu On PM Security Row

Congress's Navjot Singh Sidhu further alleged that by defaming Punjab, the leaders of the BJP want to reap political benefits in other poll-bound states.

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu hit out at BJP leaders on Friday, alleging that a rant about security lapses during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state is being made to reap political benefits in other poll-bound states and save themselves from humiliation as PM Modi would have had to address a gathering of 500 people when arrangements for 70,000 were made.

Along with Congress leader Alka Lamba, Mr Sidhu launched a scathing attack on the BJP, which has accused the Congress of conspiring to physically harm the prime minister.

The cricketer-turned-politician alleged that by defaming Punjab, the leaders of the saffron party want to reap political benefits in other poll-bound states.

The prime minister's convoy was stranded on a flyover due to a blockade by protesters in Punjab's Ferozepur on Wednesday, after which he returned from the poll-bound state without attending any event, including a rally.