Flouting SPG, Rahul Gandhi drove Sonia in non-BR car 49 times from '15

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 applicable 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.

While Rahul Gandhi has routinely given SPG slip, and Priyanka Vra has gone on record to say that she doesn't require cover, current Congress president Sonia Gandhi is also t far behind, having flouted  protocol on 50 different occasions over a 4-year period. 

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Sonia Gandhi continuously flouted SPG regulations

Top sources have told Republic TV that Sonia Gandhi did t use SPG BR (bullet-resistant) vehicle on 50 occasions while travelling in New Delhi from 2015 to May 2019. sources furr stated that on 49 occasions, Rahul Gandhi drove her in a n-BR car. interim Congress President also undertook 13 unscheduled visits to various places in country in last 5 years [till May 2019] during which she used n-Bullet Resistant cars. She also did t take SPG officers on 24 of her foreign visits since 2015.

While Gandhis will continue to get top security - 'Z+' category provided by CRPF - Congress has alrey attempted to politicise development and attack government over move. Senior Indian National Congress leer and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Ahmed Patel has lashed out at PM Narendra Modi led government and terming it as "ultimate personal vendetta".

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SPG was set up in 1985 

SPG was set up in 1985 specifically for security of Prime Ministers after assassination of Indira Gandhi by her security guards a year before. After assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, SPG Act was amended to provide security to former PMs and ir families for 10 years. In 2003, Vajpayee government amended law again to bring down automatic protection for 10 years to one year - or more depending on level of threat as decided by Centre. Earlier, daughter of Manmohan Singh, as well as Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster daughter, h given up SPG cover provided to m. While former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee h SPG cover till he passed away in 2018, former Prime Ministers HD Deve Gowda's and VP Singh's security was revoked. Former PM Manmohan Singh's SPG cover was also revoked in August. He w has Z+ cover, which Gandhi family will also get. 

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