The committee will be headed by Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat Sudhir Kumar Saxena, and will have Intelligence Bureau Joint Director Balbir Singh and SPG IG S Suresh as members.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cavalcade was stranded on a flyover in Punjab, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted a committee to probe the security lapse.
The committee will be headed by Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat Sudhir Kumar Saxena, and will have Intelligence Bureau Joint Director Balbir Singh and SPG IG S Suresh as members.
The Special Protection Group (SPG), which is responsible for the PM’s security, functions under the control of the Cabinet Secretariat.
“Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) has constituted a committee to enquire into the serious lapses in the security arrangements during Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s visit to Ferozepur, Punjab on 05.01.2022, which led to the exposure of the VVIP to grave security risk,” the MHA said in a statement, adding that the committee has been advised to submit the report at the earliest.”
The senior Congress leader claimed that the route was carved even for all buses of BJP workers from Haryana and Rajasthan, and the prime minister decided to take a road journey to Hussainiwala.
“It was not part of his original schedule to travel by road,” he said.
“Finally, the reason for cancelling the rally is that there were no crowds to listen to Modij i. Stop the blame game and introspect on BJP’s anti-farmer attitude. Hold rallies but listen to farmers first!” Mr Surjewala tweeted.
He also said that the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) has been protesting against the prime minister’s visit and Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat has held two rounds of negotiation with them.