Cong ex-leader Sodhi given 'Z' category security after joining BJP
New Delhi
29-December-2021
Like in West Bengal, the Centre has accorded 'Z' category security cover
to Punjab politician and former Congress leader Rana Gurjit Singh Sodhi
after he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sodhi, who joined the BJP
on December 21, will be getting this security cover both in Delhi and
Punjab by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), sources in the
security set up said here on Wednesday.
The Union government had provided central security cover to 79 BJP leaders in West Bengal including the TMC turncoats and the new joinees during the West Bengal assembly elections in February-March this year. The VIP security of many of them was withdrawn immediately after they returned to the TMC.
The Central government withdrew the 'Z' category security of former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee on December 22, after he returned to the TMC fold following a brief stay in the BJP. Banerjee had contested the last West Bengal assembly elections on a BJP ticket from Domjur in Howrah district but lost to Trinamool Congress leader Kalyan Ghosh. He was accorded 'Z' category security in West Bengal and 'Y' category cover across India. - IANS
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