Bengal: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s father and brother to get Y+ security

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday decided to provide “Y+” security to father and brother of Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP face in Bengal who emerged as giant slayer in assembly elections.

Suvendu’s father Sisir Kumar Adhikari and brother Dibyendu Adhikari are Lok Sabha Members of Parliament from West Bengal.

Suvendu Adhikari, who abandoned TMC for BJP, defeated Ms Banerjee by around 1,200 votes in the recently concluded Assembly election in Nandigram constituency.

The move is bound to take politics of confrontation to a new level in the state, as 77 BJP MLAs were recently provided Central security.

Sisir Adhikari had quit the TMC ahead of assembly elections to join the BJP while Dibyendu still remains in the TMC fold. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs order, they will be secured by armed commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) whenever they are in West Bengal.

11 security men to guard Y+ protectees

Under the “Y+” security cover, a person is given protection by 11 security personnel including two gunmen (plus four on rotation) for mobile security, and one (plus four on rotation) for residence security.

Earlier, after Suvendu Adhikari resigned from the TMC and joined the BJP last year, the MHA decided to provide ‘Z’ category security to the leader in West Bengal and Y ‘+’ category CRPF security cover to him in other states.

Violence has been reported in several parts of West Bengal after the results of the assembly elections were declared on May 2. The BJP alleged that nine of its party workers have been killed in the post-poll violence. However, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is denying the allegations.