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BJP wants PM-level security for Modi
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BJP wants PM-level security for Modi, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Board on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding Prime Minister-level security for its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. However, the Home Ministry ruled
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Board on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding Prime Minister-level security for its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. However, the Home Ministry ruled out Special Protection Group (SPG) security for the Gujarat CM saying the Gujarat CM's protection has already been tightened.
The Opposition party demanded for fool-proof security to Modi in the wake of the recent serial blasts took place at the BJP leader's rally in Patna.
"We have already given adequate security to Narendra Modi. Whatever security is required, we have given to Modi," Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh told reporters. He was reacting to BJP's allegation that the serial blasts at its rally in Patna was an attempt to liquidate the party leadership, including Modi.
BJP has demanded the Centre should take adequate measures to provide fool-proof security to the leader.
"We have given him (Modi) NSG security which is very high level of security. We have also ordered conducting advance security drill before his visit to any place," Singh said.
The Minister said security to a person is given according to his or her threat perception and the cover for Modi has been provided according to his threat perception.
He ruled out extension of Special Protection Group security to Modi, saying that under an Act of Parliament, SPG protection is given only to the Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers and their immediate family members.
"BJP knows this fact but trying to do politics in the name of Modi's security," he said.
Reminding BJP leaders about the alleged laxity in providing security to Rajiv Gandhi when he was out of power, the Minister said the former Prime Minister was not given security even at the level of a Sub-Inspector.
Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu in May 1991.
"But we are not doing like that. The Home Ministry wants to give the assurance to everyone that it will give security to anyone according to his or her threat perception. Fool- proof security will be given to Modi," he said.
The opposition party has accused both the Centre and the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar of gross negligence, intelligence failure and laxity in providing the requisite security for his Patna rally last month.
Addressing a press meet after the Parliamentary Board meeting, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, "The Centre and Bihar government is not taking the Patna blast incident seriously."
Earlier, Bihar BJP President Sushil Kumar Modi claimed that Modi was the 'target' of the Patna serial blasts. "Not the crowd, Narendra Modi was the target of the blasts in Patna," Sushil Modi said.
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