The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has withdrawn the personal security cover of former Bengal minister Rajiv Banerjee, who recently joined the Trinamool Congress after a brief stint with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mr Banerjee was provided Z category security in West Bengal and Y plus category security in the rest of India by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in West Bengal just before the West Bengal assembly elections in April after joining the BJP.
A senior government official said Mr Banerjee had requested the security be withdrawn.
Former BJP MP Babul Supriyo, who joined TMC this year, also wrote to the home ministry asking him to withdraw his personal security cover provided by the CRPF. Based on the threat assessment by the agencies concerned, their security was downgraded to Y category.
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