Tejashwi Yadav gets ‘Z-plus’ security from Bihar govt

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Patna, Aug 12:
The
Bihar
government
has
decided
to
provide
‘Z-plus’
security
to
Deputy
Chief
Minister
Tejashwi
Yadav,
an
official
said
on
Friday.

A
circular
to
this
effect
was
issued
on
Thursday,
and
commandos
of
the
Bihar
Special
Armed
Police
(BSAP)
would
be
involved
in
the
security
of
the
RJD
leader,
he
said.
The
circular,
which
was
sent
to
Bihar’s
Director
General
of
Police
(DGP),
said,
“Decision
to
provide
Z-
plus
security
cover
for
Tejashwi
Yadav
was
taken
by
the
state
security
committee”.

Yadav
has
also
been
provided
with
a
bulletproof
car.

“The
‘Z-plus’ security
comprises
a
pilot,
an
escort,
close
protection
team,
house
guard,
spotters,
search
and
frisking
staff,
among
others
in
the
form
of
several
plain-clothes
security
personnel
and
BSAP
armed
commandos,”
a
senior
police
official
said.

Ahead
of
floor
test,
Bihar
Dy
CM
Tejashwi
Yadav
to
meet
Sonia
Gandhi
today

Governor
Phagu
Chauhan
and
Chief
Minister
Nitish
Kumar
have
also
been
provided
with
‘Z-plus’ security.
Reacting
to
the
state
government’s
decision
to
provide
‘Z-plus’
security’
cover
for
Yadav,
senior
BJP
leader
and
former
deputy
chief
minister
Sushil
Modi
tweeted,
“I
was
never
given
a
bulletproof
car,
not
Z-plus
security
either.
With
minimum
security,
I
served
the
public
for
a
long
time
from
the
government
residence
at
Polo
Road.”
”Why
do
they
need
so
much
security?
People
are
now
scared
that
they
have
come
to
power,”
he
said.

Talking
to
reporters
on
Friday,
the
chief
minister
defended
the
‘Z
-plus’ security
cover
for
Yadav
and
said,
”Why
should
they
object
to
it?
He
is
the
deputy
CM.
They
speak
nonsense.”