The BJP has sought to offer a clarification for the mysterious black box that was allegedly part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter cavalcade in north Karnataka’s Chitradurga on 12 April, with the party’s district president KS Naveen telling Deccan Herald that the box was “part of the SPG unit and contained a teleprompter and other equipment to deck up the dais for PM’s speech”.
Slamming the Congress, which had written to the Election Commission demanding a probe into the incident, KS Naveen, president of BJP’s Chitradurga unit, said their allegations did not even warrant a “casual look”.
In a video released by the Congress leaders, including KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, a few unidentified people could be seen carrying a black box to an Innova vehicle standing nearby.
On Sunday, 14 April, Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma asked the prime minister to come clean on the issue and said the EC should inquire into the contents of the trunk.
Sharma said the Congress' Karnataka unit has already filed a complaint with the EC in this regard.
The JD(S)’s official Twitter handle also alleged double standards, claiming that while Election Commission officials checked CM Kumaraswamy’s car multiple times in a day, they aren’t concerned about the mysterious box that was allegedly shipped from PM’s helicopter to a private car.
When The Quint had contacted the district police, they had said they were not aware of the box or the contents of the box.
“The prime minister’s security and contents of the helicopters are handled by the SPG,” said a senior police officer.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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