India News | WB Guv Meets BJP Team, Says PM's Security Lapse 'unprecedented' in World's Largest Democracy
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said several retired officials had called him to express concern over the security breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Punjab a day ago.
Kolkata, Jan 6 (PTI) West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said several retired officials had called him to express concern over the security breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Punjab a day ago.
Sharing his sentiment with a delegation of state BJP leaders, led by party president Sukanta Majumdar, the governor, in a video clip of the meeting posted by him on Twitter, was heard saying that the security lapse was "unprecedented" in the world's largest democracy.
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"After the incident, several prominent retired officials called me, they were aghast, bewildered at this development," he said.
Dhankhar told the delegation that these retired officials have called for exemplary consequences for the lapse.
The governor also said that he will forward the delegation's representation on the matter to the President of India.
"The delegation led by Majumdar called on the governor at the Raj Bhawan "regarding unpardonable security breach of Hon'ble Prime Minister @PMOIndia during his January 05 Punjab visit #PMSecurityBreach #PMSecurityLapse," the governor said in a tweet. PTI AMR
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