Maharashtra Govt Reduces Security Of Ex-CM Fadnavis, BJP Says Vendetta Politics
The state has also withdrawn the X category security of former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, who quit the party. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-10T16:40:14+05:30 Maharashtra Govt Reduces Security Of Ex-CM Fadnavis, BJP Says Vendetta Politics outlookindia.com 2021-01-10T16:44:05+05:30
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The Maharashtra government has decided to reduce the security of Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Devendra Fadnavis and his family.
The security of former UP governor Ram Naik and MNS president Raj Thackeray has also been reduced while the security cover of state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil has been completely withdrawn.
Security Cover For Devendra Fadnavis, Others Reduced. BJP Says Vendetta Home Minister Anil Deshmukh rejected the BJP s charge - that the changes are vendetta politics and said security cover had been reviewed per threat perceptions
Updated: January 10, 2021 5:37 pm IST
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said reduced security won t affect his travel (File)
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Changes in security cover based on prevailing threat perception : State
BJP accuses the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi of vendetta politics
Mumbai:
The Maharashtra government has reduced security cover for former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his family, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, as well as withdrawing cover for state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil and former Chief Minister Narayan Rane.
BJP Alleges Political Vendetta after Maha Govt Reduces Security Cover of Ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis
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The Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government s move to downgrade the security cover of former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and his family, ex-UP governor Ram Naik and MNS president Raj Thackeray, and to withdraw the security cover of state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, has evoked the allegations of political vendetta . As per a government notification issued on January 8, the security covers of BJP leader and former CM Narayan Rane, Chandrakant Patil and another senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar have been withdrawn. Rane had Y-plus security.
Updated Jan 10, 2021 | 17:42 IST
The Maharashtra government has downgraded security of Devendra Fadnavis, Chandrakant Patil, Raj Thackeray and removed security of few others like Ram Kadam and Sudhir Mungantiwar post a review. Sharad Pawar (File photo) | Photo Credit: IANS
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MVA defends move saying step taken after routine review
Fadnavis to lose bullet proof vehicle after downgrade
Mumbai: After the BJP criticised the move of Maha Vikas Aghadi government to reduce the security of some of its leaders, the Home Minister Anil Deshmukh defended the move saying the downgrading was due to a routine threat perception review. Firing a salvo at the critics Deshmukh informed that Sharad Pawar had called him offering to reduce his own security, Pawar is a national leader, has been a Union minister but he had barely any security in the past four years. Even Ajit Pawar had no escort. Sharad Pawar spoke to me on the phone offering to ret