Bengaluru, May 10 -- BJP State President and MLA BY Vijayendra has strongly objected to the discovery of gelatin sticks on the designated travel route of the Prime Minister, calling it not just a serious security lapse but an "unpardonable and grave failure" of the Congress government in the state, which is responsible for law and order.

"Law and order and security have completely collapsed in the state under the Congress government, and that too in the capital Bengaluru," he condemned in a post on social media.

"There should not be even the slightest lapse when it comes to the security of the country's respected Prime Minister, who must be provided maximum protection. The state government must treat such a sensitive and serious matter ...