BJP lacks grace in politics: Ponnala
The Hindu
Congress leader condemns politicising Modi’s visit in Punjab
Former PCC chief and senior Congress leader Ponnala Lakshmaiah slammed the BJP for politicising the developments during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab as a security lapse, and reminded that the PM faced similar protests in Uttar Pradesh and other places as well.
Mr. Lakshmaiah said that Modi’s comments that ‘he was alive’ were painful and lacked grace, and no one expects the country’s PM to resort to such political tactics. How come the BJP was resorting to mudslinging on Punjab government when the Union Home Ministry is yet to come out with its report on the alleged lapses?.
He wondered how can there be protesters for 20 km, as claimed by the BJP, when the road route of the Prime Minister was decided just 20 minutes before he travelled. “This exposes the BJP’s politicisation of the issue to divert from the fact that the public meeting was a huge failure with just a few hundreds of people attending it.”
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