Trinamool MP Squabbles with Security Personnel to Cross PM Cordon

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee and security personnel had heated argument on Thursday when the former tried to cross the security cordon laid for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh near Parliament.

According to a TV news channel report, Banerjee, tarvelling in his car, wanted to go to Parliament at a time when the security cordon for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s convoy had already been laid.

The incident occurred at the Vijay Chowk around 1225 hrs IST, report said.

Quoting sources, report claimed that Banerjee demanded that being an MP himself, he should be permitted to cross the security cordon, but security personnel didn’t give up leading to a heated exchange of arguments between the two sides.

“There was a minor argument between Kalyan Banerjee and the security personnel. But there was no security breach whatsoever,” a senior official handling the Prime Minister’s security told IANS.

The Prime Minister’s security is exclusively handled by the elite Special Protection Group. All roads leading to the route the prime minister’s convoy would take are closed for traffic half an hour before it passes.

Security agencies are probing how Banerjee’s car even got close to the route.