New Delhi, July 07: Government today rejected BJP Hindutva poster boy Varun Gandhi’s plea for more security and also dismissed his mother, Maneka Gandhi’s allegation in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the Home Ministry had adopted a “lackadaisical” approach to threats to his life.
Sources in Union Home Ministry said that the 29-year-old Varun Gandhi was special Y category protectee (three PSO’s round the clock, one escort and pilot vehicle) and after various reviews, the arrangement was found adequate.
Maneka, in a letter to the Prime Minister, had referred to the arrest by Delhi Police of six sharp shooters of Chota Shakeel gang, saying that they wanted to target Varun, a claim denied by the police.
“I am amazed at the lackadaisical attitude of your government…the Home Ministry has taken these threats so casually, so lightly that I am appalled,” Maneka said in her letter.
–PTI