Mangaluru: Following the request of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wife Jashodaben to provide details of the security cover provided to her, through Right to Information (RTI), former union minister and Congress leader Janardhan Poojary on Tuesday advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take his wife home.

Jashodaben, a retired teacher, has sought information on the laws and related provisions in the Constitution about the security cover given to a prime minister’s wife and asked the government to explain to her the definition of protocol and what it includes.

Addressing the reporters on Thursday in the city, Janardhana Poojary said, “Modi should call his wife back home. If he has even a bit of compassion, he should ask her to come home. She is a teacher. She may not be as beautiful as Modi would like her to be, but she is his wife”, he said.

Poojary slams D.K Shivkumar

On the criticism that D.K Shivkumar directed the Karnataka State Cable Operators Association (KSCOA) not carry the TV9 and News9 channels on their network, for propagating ‘anti-government’ activities, Poojary slammed his own party colleague and state minister for Energy D.K Shivkumar.

Poojary said, “If the media reports are true, D. K Shivakumar is curbing the freedom of the press. The Indian Constitution clearly states the freedom of the press in Article 19 (1) (A). D K Shivakumar needs to read it,” he added.

He said D.K Shivkumar is trying to spoil the image of the party and asked him to tender an apology, before the issue turns big in the upcoming assembly session.