Machhiwara: Giving a befitting reply to those questioning the nationalistic credentials of Punjab, the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday made it clear that Punjabis have never ever shied away from making sacrifices for the nation and are as patriot a race as any other in the country.
Referring to the yesterday’s incident of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi having to go back without addressing the crowd at Ferozepur, the Chief Minister said here at Dana Mandi that the fact of the matter was that barely 700 people turned up at rally site which forced the PM to retrace his steps and later the blame was pinned on the Punjab Government citing security threat to the Prime Minister. “The truth is that five days before the scheduled rally of the Prime Minister, the Special Protection Group (SPG) took over the landing spot, rally site and each security detail but later on the Prime Minister’s cavalcade suddenly took land route”, said Channi adding the route was cleared by the SPG.