NEW DELHI : Congress leader Anand Sharma asked the centre to restore SPG(Special Protection Group) cover to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and members of the Gandhi family.
Sharma raised the demand after Congress leadership, amid uproar in the Rajya Sabha today, raised concern over withdrawal of SPG cover of the Gandhi family
The security layer should be viewed beyond partisan politics, Sharma uged.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy countered the demand saying the threat surrounding the Gandhi family disappeared with the end of LTTE(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam ).
The central govt earlier this month replaced SPG security assigned to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanaka Vadra, by ‘Z-Plus’ security of the Central Reserve Police Force(
