Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Punjab on Wednesday under tight security arrangements. The Punjab government is leaving no stone unturned in the entire security arrangements of the Prime Minister. Central intelligence agencies and the state intelligence wing are keeping a close watch on the situation. The airspace around the events has been declared a ‘no-fly zone’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 300-bed Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Mullanpur (New Chandigarh) on August 24. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had come to Punjab on January 5 for a rally in Ferozepur but had to return due to an alleged security lapse. Congress led Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was governing the Punjab at that time. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Jalandhar on February 14 for the last time before the Punjab Assembly elections.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari will share the stage with the Prime Minister tomorrow. Taking a cue from his visit to Ferozepur, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann now does not want to give any such opportunity to the Central Government regarding the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Over 10,000 police and civil administration officials have been deployed for the prime minister’s visit and 7,000 of them will be on guard. The security is being commanded by three ADGPs, several IGs and DIGs.