‘Capt hit below the belt this time too’

CHANDIGARH : Congress’ Rajya Sabha member Partap Singh Bajwa on Saturday hit back at chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh over withdrawing security cover given to him by Punjab Police, saying the CM as usual has resorted to hitting below the belt and has exposed his family to risk.

“Security is given to a person for protection of their life and should not be a tool to browbeat them into submission. In any case, this trick will not work on me,” said Bajwa.

“Why had the Punjab government given me police security cover if my threat perception was zero? My father was martyred in the fight against terrorism in Punjab. I survived a bomb attack in 1990 and was given security for decades due to high threat perception,” the MP said.

“I was not aware that the Punjab Police had become so spineless that they would withdraw security to a person having a genuine threat perception only because he has spoken against

I didn’t know Punjab Police have become so spineless that they would withdraw security of a person only because he has spoken against their political boss. PARTAP SINGH BAJWA, Cong MP

their political boss,” said Bajwa.

The senior Congress leader said granting security involves intelligence inputs from ADGP (intelligence) with consent of the ADGP (security) and the DGP.

“These three officers have chosen to prepare a fabricated threat perception. Preparing false intelligence inputs is a violation of the service law,” he added.