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Parliament passes bill to amend SPG Act, Amit Shah rejects charge of political vendetta

PTI
Updated: December 3rd, 2019, 20:43 IST
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New Delhi: The Parliament passed Tuesday a bill to provide the elite Special Protection Group (SPG) security only to the prime minister and for a restricted period to ex-PMs, with Home Minister Amit Shah rejecting the Opposition’s charge of political vendetta and asserting the government was concerned about security of all 130 crore Indians and not just the Gandhi family.

The Congress, which alleged that the law governing the SPG was being changed to target the Gandhi family and will imperil the life of its leaders, expressed dissatisfaction with Shah’s reply and staged a walkout along with some other opposition parties as the SPG (Amendment) Bill was passed by voice vote in the Rajya Sabha.

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Lok Sabha had passed the bill November 27 under which SPG cover will be provided only to the prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at his official residence and any former PM and members of his immediate family ‘residing with him at the residence allotted to him for a period of five years from the date he ceases to hold the office of Prime Minister’.

Replying to a debate on the Bill, the home minister said that the BJP does not carry out any action with a vindictive approach and it was the Congress that took many such decisions in the past. Shah pointed out that earlier four amendments in SPG Act were done focusing on one family. He said no discussion happened when security cover reviews of former Prime Ministers including PV Narasimha Rao, IK Gujral, Chandra Shekhar, HD Deve Gowda and recently Manmohan Singh were undertaken.

“Security cover must not be treated as a status symbol by individuals. The SPG security cover is meant specifically for the prime minister and must not be enjoyed by any other individual,” Shah asserted.

The Congress, which criticised the amendment, walked out of Rajya Sabha. It said it is dissatisfied with the home minister’s reply on the amendment to the SPG Act. Some members of CPI and DMK also left the House during voting on the bill.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said, “We are not satisfied with reply of the minister and we walked out.”

Earlier, participating in the debate, Congress MP Vivek Tankha raised the issue of security breach at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s residence and said there should not be ‘party politics’ in it. “This has happened because you have reduced the security level,” alleged Tankha.

Reminding the House about the fateful incidents in which Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were killed, Tankha said, “Please protect this family. God forbid, if one more fatal incident happens then who would take blame of it? This is not party politics. Rise over it.”

On the security breach at the residence of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the home minister termed it a ‘coincidence’ as the security was informed that her brother Rahul Gandhi would be visiting her in a black ‘Tata Safari’ SUV. But instead of him some Congress workers from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh came in a similar vehicle and so were allowed in the house. He informed the House that a high-level inquiry has been ordered into the security breach and three personnel have been suspended.

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