Chandigarh: Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Friday escalated the political row over disruptions created by Congress MPs during Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s scheduled reply to the President\u2019s Address in the Lok Sabha, alleging that the incident was part of a \u201cwell-thought-out conspiracy\u201d rather than a routine parliamentary protest.<\/p>\n
Referring to the cancellation of the Prime Minister\u2019s Ferozepur visit ahead of the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, Jakhar said the recent obstruction in Parliament followed a familiar pattern.<\/p>\n
\u201cConcerns over the conduct of certain Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha cannot be brushed aside as routine disruption. These actions reflect party policy and strategy,\u201d he said, without naming specific MPs.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister\u2019s Ferozepur visit on January 5, 2022, was called off after reports of security threats emerged, as protesting farmers had blocked the route his convoy was scheduled to take. At that time, Charanjit Singh Channi was serving as Punjab\u2019s Chief Minister.<\/p>\n
Jakhar remarked that \u201chistory does not become irrelevant when the same actors repeat the same patterns.\u201d When asked to identify the MPs he was referring to, he said, \u201cEveryone knows who these people are.\u201d He added that those who had once turned the Prime Minister\u2019s visit into a \u201csecurity nightmare\u201d were now attempting to paralyse Parliament itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreventing the Prime Minister from replying to the motion of thanks is not an insult to an individual,\u201d Jakhar said. \u201cIt is a deliberate attack on the constitutional dignity of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office. When arguments fail, institutions are targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quoting poet Muzaffar Warsi, Jakhar concluded with a sharp barb at the opposition, underscoring what he described as a pattern of undermining democratic institutions when political narratives weaken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Friday escalated the political row over disruptions created by Congress MPs during Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s scheduled reply to the President\u2019s Address in the Lok Sabha, alleging that the incident was part of a \u201cwell-thought-out conspiracy\u201d rather than a routine parliamentary protest. Referring to the cancellation of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,21,20],"tags":[12965,12964],"class_list":["post-59856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-political-news","category-punjab","tag-disruption-during-pm-modis-lok-sabha-address","tag-jakhar-alleges-conspiracy-behind-congress"],"yoast_head":"\n