After the Maharashtra government downgraded the security cover for Devendra Fadnavis, the former chief minister on Sunday said he never asked for high-level security in the first place, reported ANI. Fadnavis said he was a “people’s person”, and that the change does not impact his plans or intention to meet others, according to NDTV.
“I never asked for security even when I was state president,” the Bharatiya Janata Party leader told reporters. “I got it for the first time when I became chief minister and when I got threats after Yakub Memon’s death sentence and other instances. I feel it should be given based on threat perception.”
In a notification issued on Thursday, the Shiv Sena-led government reduced security cover for Fadnavis and his family, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. While Fadnavis’ security cover was reduced from Z+ to Y+ with escort, his wife Amrita Fadnavis will now be given Y+ security…