Gandhis’ security protection may be downgraded to ‘Z plus’, may lose SPG cover if Centre accepts intelligence agencies inputs
5 years, 2 months ago

Gandhis’ security protection may be downgraded to ‘Z plus’, may lose SPG cover if Centre accepts intelligence agencies inputs

Op India  

“The intelligence agencies, after a detailed review of threat perception of the Gandhis, have advised downgrading of security protection accorded to them from SPG cover to “Z plus security”, reports The Sunday Guardian. If at all centre accepts the centre’s recommendation, then the Gandhis – Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi would lose their SPG cover and will be replaced with a ‘Z plus’ security. Presently, the SPG has more than 3,000 personnel who guard Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi and her son and daughter, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, respectively. Reportedly, former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao had deployed the SPG personnel comprised of IB officials at 10, Janpath, to keep tabs on the visitors of Sonia Gandhi.

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Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan Kaur may continue to get CRPF Z+ security cover
1 week, 4 days ago

Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan Kaur may continue to get CRPF Z+ security cover

Live Mint  

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan Kaur will continue to be guarded by the Central Reserve Police Force under Z-plus category, sources said on Tuesday. Earlier, a row erupted over a memorial for the former prime minister, with the Congress demanding that Singh's last rites be performed at a place where a memorial could be built later. In 2019, …

CRPF’s Z+ cover to continue for ex-PM Manmohan Singh’s wife: Officials
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1 week, 4 days ago

CRPF’s Z+ cover to continue for ex-PM Manmohan Singh’s wife: Officials

Hindustan Times  

The Central Reserve Police Force Z-plus security cover is likely to continue for former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan Kaur, officials aware of the matter said on Monday. Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur with her daughter Daman Singh during a ceremony to pay last respects to former PM, at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi on …

Maharashtra Polls: After Baba Siddique's Killing, CRPF To Again Approach Sharad Pawar Over Z+ Security Cover
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra Polls: After Baba Siddique's Killing, CRPF To Again Approach Sharad Pawar Over Z+ Security Cover

ABP News  

In the light of recent killing of Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique, the Central Reserve Police Force is planning to again request veteran politician Sharad Pawar to accept the force’s Z plus security cover, sources aware of the matter said. On August 21, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government accorded Z-plus - the highest category of armed VIP security …

Sharad Pawar turns down certain measures under Z-plus security cover
4 months, 1 week ago

Sharad Pawar turns down certain measures under Z-plus security cover

The Hindu  

Nationalist Congress Party-SP chief Sharad Pawar, accorded Z-plus protective cover recently, is learned to have turned down certain measures suggested by security agencies. The Centre accorded him the Z-plus cover of the Central Reserve Police Force's VIP security wing after a threat assessment review by central agencies. The 83-year-old former Maharashtra Chief Minister is learnt to have rejected the proposals …

Former NIA chief Dinkar Gupta granted 'Z+' security cover by Centre
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Former NIA chief Dinkar Gupta granted 'Z+' security cover by Centre

India TV News  

The center has decided to provide 'Z+' category security cover to former NIA chief Dinkar Gupta. Dinkar Gupta, an IPS officer from the 1987 batch of the Punjab cadre, served as the NIA chief from June 2022 until March 31, 2024. Amid growing threats from Khalistani terrorist groups, the decision to increase Dinkar Gupta's security cover was made by the …

Bihar: New Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha get 'Z plus' security cover | Know what it is
11 months, 1 week ago

Bihar: New Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha get 'Z plus' security cover | Know what it is

India TV News  

Patna: The central government has accorded 'Z-plus' security to newly appointed Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha. Know what is Z plus security cover Z-plus security is the highest level of security provided by the Indian government, surpassing Z, Y, X, Y+, and Z categories. This security cover has been provided to Home Minister Amit …

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann gets ‘Z-plus’ security cover over ‘possible threats’
1 year, 7 months ago

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann gets ‘Z-plus’ security cover over ‘possible threats’

Live Mint  

The Central government has accorded the “Z-plus” category security cover to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The “Z-plus” security cover was sanctioned to Bhagwant Mann in view of possible threats to him emanating from the country and abroad. The “Z-plus” security cover has not only been provided to Bhagwant Mann. Such a security cover for Bhagwant Mann was recommended by …

Maharashtra govt reduces security cover of several leaders including former CM Uddhav Thackeray: Sources
2 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra govt reduces security cover of several leaders including former CM Uddhav Thackeray: Sources

India TV News  

Maharashtra Politics: In a recent development, the Maharashtra government led by chief minister Eknath Shinde on Friday allegedly took the decision to reduce the security cover of former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Earlier on October 20, the Maharashtra government withdrew the special security cover that was provided to MLA Bhaskar Jadhav - a leader of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of …

Security Around Modi Gets Tightened as Ex-SPG Officers to Now Man PM During State Visits: Report
4 years, 2 months ago

Security Around Modi Gets Tightened as Ex-SPG Officers to Now Man PM During State Visits: Report

News 18  

Security cordon around Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is known for frequent travels, has been tightened. Lack of coordination and understanding the exact detailed requirement of SPG has been an issue behind the changes made in Prime Minister’s security. Source said that directives have been issued wherein it was stated: “Police officers with SPG experience be drafted for supplementing Prime …

Centre allots Lutyens' bungalow occupied by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to BJP national media head Anil Baluni
4 years, 6 months ago

Centre allots Lutyens' bungalow occupied by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to BJP national media head Anil Baluni

Firstpost  

The ministry had on 1 July cancelled the allotment of the bungalow to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, saying that she was not entitled to the facility following the withdrawal of her SPG security cover. New Delhi: The government has allotted a Lutyens’ Delhi bungalow, currently occupied by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, to the BJP’s national media head and Rajya Sabha member …

Tendulkar’s security downgraded, Aaditya Thackeray’s upgraded
5 years ago

Tendulkar’s security downgraded, Aaditya Thackeray’s upgraded

The Hindu  

Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar’s security cover has been downgraded, while that of Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray upgraded to ‘Z’ category, an official said on December 25. Besides Tendulkar and Aaditya Thackeray, security cover of more than 90 prominent citizens were reviewed by the committee at a recent meeting, the official said. Aaditya Thackeray, the son of Chief Minister Uddhav …

SPG cover for Gandhis a non-issue; Congress doing grave disservice to nation, itself through sycophantic approach
5 years, 1 month ago

SPG cover for Gandhis a non-issue; Congress doing grave disservice to nation, itself through sycophantic approach

Firstpost  

When there are so many crucial national issues to be highlighted during the ongoing Parliament session, the Congress is focussed at the government’s decision to withdraw SPG cover for the Gandhi family Trust Congress to lose the plot even when issues are handed to it on a platter. The Congress raised hell in both the Houses of the Parliament, accusing …

‘Security can’t be status symbol’, Amit Shah defends SPG act amedment
5 years, 1 month ago

‘Security can’t be status symbol’, Amit Shah defends SPG act amedment

Op India  

The Special Protection Group Bill, 2019, which was introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah, was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday after the Congress staged a walkout from the Upper House. Launching an unsparing attack against the Congress party and the Gandhis over their SPG protection rhetoric, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said: “It’s not true that we’ve brought …

Issue of withdrawal of SPG cover for Gandhis raised in Lok Sabha
5 years, 1 month ago

Issue of withdrawal of SPG cover for Gandhis raised in Lok Sabha

India TV News  

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday raised the issue of withdrawal of SPG security cover to the Gandhi family, but the government said he cannot raise the matter in Zero Hour as he had not given a notice for the same. After the notice of adjournment motion given by the party on the withdrawal of Special Protection Group cover …

In Lok Sabha, Amit Shah Justifies Move To Withdraw SPG Cover Of Gandhi Family And Former PM
5 years, 1 month ago

In Lok Sabha, Amit Shah Justifies Move To Withdraw SPG Cover Of Gandhi Family And Former PM

ABP News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while speaking in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, picked up the controversial Special Protection Group Amendment Bill issue and said that the original intent of the law, when it was enacted in 1988, was only to protect the Prime Minister and amendments brought in by the Modi government will restore the original intent of the …

Security of Gandhi family not withdrawn but only changed: Amit Shah
5 years, 1 month ago

Security of Gandhi family not withdrawn but only changed: Amit Shah

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the security of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka has not been withdrawn but changed to 'Z-plus' with the ambulance. In his reply, Shah also said when the SPG security cover was withdrawn from former prime ministers Chandra Shekhar, IK Gujral and Manmohan Singh, but no one uttered …

Centre introduces bill to restrict SPG cover to PM, ex-PM and families for 5 years
5 years, 1 month ago

Centre introduces bill to restrict SPG cover to PM, ex-PM and families for 5 years

India Today  

A bill to restrict who gets security from the elite Special Protection Group was introduced in the Lok Sabha Monday amid ruckus and sloganeering by opposition by Congress leaders. The amendments will make two key changes: SPG will provide security only to Prime Minister of the day and immediate family members residing with him or her. Immediate family members of …

Modi should reinstate SPG cover to Gandhis
5 years, 1 month ago

Modi should reinstate SPG cover to Gandhis

Deccan Chronicle  

Security in our part of the world is a prestige issue. In India there is apparently no specific list of people the SPG protects unlike the US Secret Service and it is up to the current government to decide who gets what level of protection. Now the Narendra Modi government has decided to take away the SPG protection from the …

Priyanka Gandhi unfazed by family losing Special Protection Group cover after 28 years, says 'it's politics and this keeps happening'
5 years, 1 month ago

Priyanka Gandhi unfazed by family losing Special Protection Group cover after 28 years, says 'it's politics and this keeps happening'

Firstpost  

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday dubbed the removal of SPG cover from the Gandhi family part of politics which keeps happening. New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday dubbed the removal of SPG cover from the Gandhi family part of politics which keeps happening. To reporters’ query on removal of Special Protection Group cover …

Cong demands restoration of SPG cover for Gandhis
5 years, 1 month ago

Cong demands restoration of SPG cover for Gandhis

India TV News  

Congress leader Anand Sharma on Wednesday demanded in Rajya Sabha restoration of the SPG cover to the Gandhi family and former prime minister Manmohan Singh by "rising above partisan politics" but senior BJP leaders maintained the decision was taken by the Home Ministry based on threat perception. The central government earlier this month replaced the Special Protection Group security cover …

Withdrawing SPG cover for Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka: No legal or moral rationale behind giving Gandhis elite protection cover
5 years, 1 month ago

Withdrawing SPG cover for Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka: No legal or moral rationale behind giving Gandhis elite protection cover

Firstpost  

For the second consecutive day, the Congress attempted to move adjournment motion in Lok Sabha, censuring the Modi government for withdrawal of the elite SPG security cover from the Gandhis. The official law regarding SPG states: “There shall be an armed force of the Union called the Special Protection Group for providing proximate security to: - the Prime Minister and …

Week after Gandhi family loses SPG cover, CRPF takes over security for Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka
5 years, 2 months ago

Week after Gandhi family loses SPG cover, CRPF takes over security for Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka

Firstpost  

The Gandhis are now without SPG protection after 28 years. New Delhi: The CRPF has taken over the security duties of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka on Monday after the Union government withdrew their SPG cover last week, officials said. The Central Reserve Police Force, which has a special VVIP security unit, has been …

CRPF takes over security of Gandhis
5 years, 2 months ago

CRPF takes over security of Gandhis

India TV News  

The CRPF has taken over the security duties of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka on Monday after the Union government withdrew their SPG cover last week, officials said. The Central Reserve Police Force, which has a special VVIP security unit, has been asked to provide a 'Z+' cover to the Gandhi family on an all-India …

Day after SPG protection withdrawn, Congress' Sonia Gandhi thanks elite force for its service, calls it 'outstanding'
5 years, 2 months ago

Day after SPG protection withdrawn, Congress' Sonia Gandhi thanks elite force for its service, calls it 'outstanding'

Firstpost  

The elite SPG security cover given to Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and daughter Priyanka was withdrawn on Friday, 28 years after the elite force’s continuous deployment, and it was replaced by the ‘Z-plus’ security of the CRPF. New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi termed the Special Protection Group an “outstanding” force, and thanked it on Saturday for protecting …

Gandhis’ lives put in danger, says Congress
5 years, 2 months ago

Gandhis’ lives put in danger, says Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Friday accused the Centre of endangering the lives of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and accused Prime Minister Narenda Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of being “blinded by personal revenge and political vendetta” to remove the security cover provided by the Special Protection Group to the Gandhi family. …

Congress' hue and cry over withdrawal of SPG cover misplaced, shows Gandhi family's uneasiness at not being special
5 years, 2 months ago

Congress' hue and cry over withdrawal of SPG cover misplaced, shows Gandhi family's uneasiness at not being special

Firstpost  

With the SPG cover withdrawn, the Gandhi family is now like any other political family in the country and that makes Congress and its loyalists uneasy Sonia Gandhi and her two children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi would now have to live their lives without the security cover of the Special Protection Group. Since its inception, the SPG has not …

Gandhis without SPG cover after 28 years. What it means
5 years, 2 months ago

Gandhis without SPG cover after 28 years. What it means

India TV News  

It will be after 28 years that Gandhis will be without a SPG cover. What it means for Gandhi family: Under Z-plus security, Gandhis will have commandos from the paramilitary force in close proximity besides guards at their homes and wherever they travel in the country. Initially, the SPG Act was initially supposed to provide security to only the prime …

Modi govt withdraws SPG cover given to Rahul, Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi since Rajiv Gandhi assassination, given Z-plus security instead
5 years, 2 months ago

Modi govt withdraws SPG cover given to Rahul, Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi since Rajiv Gandhi assassination, given Z-plus security instead

Op India  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to withdraw Special Protection Group security cover given to the Gandhi family – Congress interim Sonia Gandhi and Gandhi scions Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. According to the reports, the Home Ministry has replaced the SPG category status of the Gandhi family with Z-plus security, which will be now taken over by …

SPG protection for Gandhi family withdrawn; Z+ security to continue under CRPF
5 years, 2 months ago

SPG protection for Gandhi family withdrawn; Z+ security to continue under CRPF

The Hindu  

The Union government has decided to withdraw the Special Protection Group cover for Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children — Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra — and replace it with ‘Z plus’ security cover of the Central Reserve Police Force. A senior government official said in a security review it was found that the Gandhi …

Congress slams BJP for downgrading Gandhi family security cover
5 years, 2 months ago

Congress slams BJP for downgrading Gandhi family security cover

India Today  

A senior leader in Congress has claimed that the government's reported decision to downgrade the Gandhi family's security from SPG to Z+ is a hidden RSS agenda. After Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led BJP government had passed a bill to provide the highest security cover to all members of the Gandhi family - including Sonia Gandhi, …

Centre amends security laws for Gandhis, makes 24x7 SPG protection mandatory even during personal foreign visits
5 years, 3 months ago

Centre amends security laws for Gandhis, makes 24x7 SPG protection mandatory even during personal foreign visits

Firstpost  

The Central Government has amended its directions to Special Protection Group in a move that is being seen as an explicit attempt to streamline and track the Gandhi family’s foreign visits The Central Government has amended its directions to Special Protection Group in a move that is being seen as an explicit attempt to streamline and track the Gandhi family’s …

Centre revises security rules for Gandhis, says SPG will accompany them at all times
5 years, 3 months ago

Centre revises security rules for Gandhis, says SPG will accompany them at all times

India TV News  

The Central government has made some changes with respect to the security cover accorded to the Gandhis. The Parliament had passed the SPG Act in 1988 after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1985. After Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991, the SPG Act was amended, offering SPG protection to all former Prime Ministers and their families …

Amit Shah declines NSG security, to continue with CRPF cover
5 years, 3 months ago

Amit Shah declines NSG security, to continue with CRPF cover

Hindustan Times  

Home minister Amit Shah continues to be protected by the Central Reserve Police Force at his insistence, government officials familiar with the matter said. According to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, after Shah was appointed the home minister in May, the VIP security assessment committee at the ministry of home affairs met to decide who would be …

Manmohan Singh under CRPF's Z+ security cover from Monday
5 years, 3 months ago

Manmohan Singh under CRPF's Z+ security cover from Monday

India TV News  

Days after his Special Protection Group cover was withdrawn, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday got protective cover from CRPF commandos in the downgraded Z+ category. After a routine assessment of the inputs received from all agencies, the Ministry of Home Affairs in August took the decision to curtail Manmohan Singh's SPG security and provide him a Z+ security …

Ex-PM Manmohan Singh, wife to get Z+ VIP CRPF security cover with around 45 armed commandos at their Delhi residence
5 years, 4 months ago

Ex-PM Manmohan Singh, wife to get Z+ VIP CRPF security cover with around 45 armed commandos at their Delhi residence

Firstpost  

A CRPF ‘Z+’ VIP security cover has been accorded to former prime minister Manmohan Singh whose SPG protection was recently withdrawn by the government New Delhi: A CRPF ‘Z+’ VIP security cover has been accorded to former prime minister Manmohan Singh whose SPG protection was recently withdrawn by the government, officials said on Monday. The Special Protection Group protection given …

With Manmohan Singh's SPG cover removed, over 3,000 commandos of security force will now provide cover to just 4 VVIPs
5 years, 4 months ago

With Manmohan Singh's SPG cover removed, over 3,000 commandos of security force will now provide cover to just 4 VVIPs

Firstpost  

The SPG with its 3,000 strong commandos now provides close proximate security to just four persons — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her two children — Rahul and Priyanka New Delhi: Special Protection Group, an about 3000-strong “zero error” security force for the prime minister, former prime ministers and their immediate family members, guards just four …

Manmohan Singh's SPG security withdrawn by MHA in 'routine' review, to be given Z+ cover by CRPF
5 years, 4 months ago

Manmohan Singh's SPG security withdrawn by MHA in 'routine' review, to be given Z+ cover by CRPF

Firstpost  

The Special Protection Group security for Manmohan Singh, who is currently a member of the Rajya Sabha, was withdrawn by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday. “The current security cover review is a periodical and professional exercise based on threat perception that is purely based on a professional assessment by security agencies. Ministry of Home Affairs : The current …

Manmohan Singh continues to have Z+ security: MHA
5 years, 4 months ago

Manmohan Singh continues to have Z+ security: MHA

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh continued to have Z plus security, a day after The Hindu reported that the Special Protection Group would be withdrawn from his security detail shortly. Dr. Manmohan Singh continues to have a Z+ security cover.” However, the Central Reserve Police Force is likely to take over his …

Manmohan Singh set to lose Special Protection Group cover
5 years, 4 months ago

Manmohan Singh set to lose Special Protection Group cover

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government is likely to withdraw the Special Protection Group from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s security detail shortly, according to several sources. “I can confirm that the government has informed Dr. Singh that he is no longer eligible for SPG protection,” another well-informed source said, adding that this was conveyed by a senior intelligence official directly to …

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