An SPG violation a day, 143 in 156 trips abroad: Rahul Gandhi's record

In a breaking development, sources have confirmed that Gandhi family, including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, are to lose ir Special Protection Group (SPG) security cover, with it only w being applied to sitting Prime Minister and President. While Congress has gone on to politicise change, calling it an act of political vendetta, BJP has contended that even former PMs Manmohan Singh and Deve Gowda have same Z+ security that Gandhis will w be given. Amid this, Republic TV has also accessed details of blatant violations of SPG protocol by members of Gandhi family.

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biggest violations are by former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who only recently h been accused of t informing requisite authorities about his travel plans when he undertook his recent 'meditation visit'. full details regarding flouting of SPG protocol, however, are shocking:

commute in bulletproof vehicle

According to sources, Rahul Gandhi has routinely given SPG a slip. Between 2005-2014, Gandhi travelled in n-BR (bullet-resistant) vehicles on 18 visits to different parts of country. This is in complete contrast to SPG policy of only commuting in BR vehicles by protectee. Since 2015, re have been 1,892 occasions (till May 2019) when he travelled in a n-BR vehicle in Delhi, which amounts to almost one incident every day. re have been 247 occasions (till June 2019) when he travelled in a n-BR vehicle outside Delhi. 

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Carefree attitude

former Congress president even travelled on roof of vehicle on a few occasions during internal tours in violation of provisions of Motor Vehicle Act and flouting security vice. During his visit to Gujarat's Banaskantha on August 4, 2017, while travelling in a n-BR car against SPG protocol, re was an incident of stone-pelting on n-BR private car of protectee in which SPG Personal Security officer (PSO) was injured. injury could have been avoided h SPG BR-car been used, with  matter even raised by Congress Party in Parliament and media and n Home Minister Rajnath Singh making a statement in Lok Sabha wherein it was informed that Rahul Gandhi did t avail SPG BR vehicles for 100 occasions out of his 121 visits between April 2015 to June 2017.

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Foreign visits without SPG

Out of 156 foreign visits that Rahul Gandhi undertook since 1991, he did t take SPG officers on 143 visits. In most of se 143 foreign visits, Gandhi shared travel itinerary at eleventh hour making attendance of  SPG officers impossible on tours. Rahul Gandhi also dragged name of SPG on a few occasions in last five years in his public speeches, sources said

A round-up of Rahul's flouting of SPG protocol

• 1892 occasions he did t use bullet-resistant vehicles 
• 91.6% foreign trips he did t take SPG security 
• 247 occasions he did t take bulletproof vehicle outside Delhi
• 82.64% visits without bulletproof vehicles in April 2015-June 2017 period 
• Shared itinerary at last moment at majority of 143 foreign visits

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