After a drone was shot down at the International Border (IB) by the Border Security Force (BSF) late on Friday night, former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh took a dig at his successor claiming that the Congress government was taking the threat from across the border lightly.
The BSF had intercepted a drone along IB in Ferozepur district late at night and brought it down. The drone, a China-made hexacopter with four power batteries that weighed around 23 kgs and could carry a payload of around 10 kg according to reports, was suspected to have come from Pakistan’s side of the border.
The drone was carrying no payload, reports said.
With repeated drone sightings and intrusion attempts from across the border becoming a political issue ahead of elections, Capt Amarinder who has floated his own party took a dig at the Channi government.
The former CM’s statement comes after Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was spotted doing some Bhangra steps at an event earlier this week. He was also seen dancing in Kapurthala in September.
Sidhu, an international cricketer-turned-politician just like Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, called the latter ‘bada bhai’ while on a visit to Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan. His remarks in praise of Khan, a former world-cup winning captain of Pakistan and Sidhu’s contemporary, kicked up a storm and drew condemnation from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal.
Capt Amarinder has already announced a pre-poll tie-up with the BJP with the latter hoping to benefit from the `nationalist brand’ of politics played out by the former.
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