Agnipath protests: MHA sanctions security cover for 10 Bihar BJP leaders

The Union Home Ministry has accorded a VIP security cover of the CRPF to 10 Bihar BJP legislators in view of threats posed to them by those protesting against the recently launched Agnipath military recruitment scheme officials said on SaturdayThose provided the Y category cover comprise Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi state BJP president and Paschim Champaran MP Sanjay Jaiswal Bisfi MLA Haribhushan Thakur Darbhanga MLA Sanjay Saraogi and six others including some MLCsThe Ministry of Home Affairs MHA took the decision on the basis of a report received from central intelligence agencies that said these legislators faced threat of physical harm the officials saidThe Central Reserve Police Force CRPF has been asked to quickly deploy armed commandos of its VIP security unit with these BJP legislators who the officials said face threat in view of the violence that took place against the recently launched Agnipath scheme of recruitment into the armed forcesThe Y category security cover will entail twothree commandos with the protectee they saidAccording to the officials more BJP leaders of the state could be extended a similar security cover if requiredLargescale incidents of violence and arson were reported in Bihar and some other states on Friday and BJP offices and houses of its leaders were also targeted during the protests against the scheme which envisages a short fouryear term for soldiers in the three armed forces entailing no gratuity or pension upon retirementA large police contingent was deployed in front of the state headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP which has been at the receiving end of the protests with many of its senior leaders having been physically attacked and its offices in at least three districts being set ablaze since ThursdayThe bandh has received inprinciple support from opposition parties Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD Congress the Left and the Aam Aadmi Party AAPThe BJP has squarely blamed the RJD for the violence in the stateHowever Chief Minister Nitish Kumars Janata Dal United alliance partner of the BJP in the state and at the Centre has sought a review of the scheme and urged the Union government to allay the fears of the protestersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever