Home Ministry withdraws NSG security of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh

NEW DELHI: The Home Ministry has withdrawn the NSG Black Cats security cover of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and they will now be guarded by CRPF. Both leaders will continue to get a Z-plus security cover though.

This comes after demands from the NSG to reduce their VIP security duties so that they can concentrate more on their specialist anti-terrorism and anti-hijacking role. NSG still has at least a dozen protectees like Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, LK Advani, M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa. BJP President Amit Shah gets a Z-plus security cover from the CRPF and Lalu Yadav and Raman Singh will now get the same level of security.

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh also now gets a Z-plus cover from CRPF while other ministers like Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Radha Mohan Singh, Anant Kumar and Babul Supriyo have been accorded a Z-level cover from the CRPF, ET has learnt from Home Ministry officials.