'Remove bulletproof glass or I won't speak': Ex-officer recalls PM Modi's demand on I-Day 2014

'Remove bulletproof glass or I won't speak': Ex-officer recalls PM Modi's demand on I-Day 2014

Former defence secretary RK Mathur has recalled how Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted on removing the bulletproof glass barrier from the Red Fort before delivering his first Independence Day address as Prime Minister in 2014. Speaking about the episode, Mathur said he and the then Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) had briefed Modi about the security arrangements ahead of August 15.

‘Remove bulletproof glass or I won’t speak’: Ex-officer recalls PM Modi’s demand on I-Day 2014

PM Modi said, ‘if this stays in front of me, I would not be able to address the citizens’,” the officer recalled. Former defence secretary RK Mathur has recalled how Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted on removing the bulletproof glass barrier from the Red Fort before delivering his first Independence Day address as Prime Minister in 2014.Speaking about the episode, Mathur said he and the then Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) had brief…