Congress releases list of 16 candidate for 4 states ahead of LS poll
Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Congress released its eighth list on Wednesday of candidates for Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.
The bill has been introduced days after the government withdrew the elite security cover provided to members of the Gandhi family and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier.
As Opposition continues to disrupt parliament proceedings for “murdering democracy” in Maharashtra, the government introduced a bill to amend the Special Protection Group (SPG) Act in Lok Sabha on Monday by Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishen Reddy.
This comes days after the government withdrew the elite security cover provided to members of the Gandhi family and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier.
According to the proposed amendment, family members of former prime ministers would not be entitled to the coveted SPG security cover. Now elite SPG commandos will protect only the prime minister. They can also protect former prime ministers depending on the threat perception to them.
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