Hours after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra scaled down his security cover, former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that he never asked for security and it should be given based on threat perception. “I never asked for security even when I was state president. 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,” Fadnavis, the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Fadnavis, said while speaking to the media.
The security cover of Fadnavis has been reduced from Z+ to Y+ with escort, his wife Amrita Fadnavis` security has been scaled down from Y+ with escort to X and their daughter Divija Fadnavis` security from Y+ to X. Fadnavis alleged that the security cover is being given on a “political basis” and added that few people do not have threat perception but are given strong security.
“Currently, the…