After the Maharashtra government downgraded the security cover for Devendra Fadnavis , the former chief minister on Sunday said he never as...
After the Maharashtra government downgraded the security cover for Devendra Fadnavis, the former chief minister on Sunday said he never asked for high-level security in the first place, reported ANI. Fadnavis said he was a “people’s person”, and that the change does not impact his plans or intention to meet others, according to NDTV.
“I never asked for security even when I was state president,” the Bharatiya Janata Party leader told reporters. “I got it for the first time when I became chief minister and when I got threats after Yakub Memon’s death sentence and other instances. I feel it should be given based on threat perception.”
In a notification issued on Thursday, the Shiv Sena-led government reduced security cover for Fadnavis and his family, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. While Fadnavis’ security cover was reduced from Z+ to Y+ with escort, his wife Amrita Fadnavis will now be given Y+ security with escort. Their daughter Divija Fadnavis’ security, on the other hand, was scaled down from Y+ to X.
Besides this, the government also withdrew cover for state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil and former Chief Minister Narayan Rane. At the same time, it increased the security of few politicians, including...
