Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva’s security raised to ‘Z’ category
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa are the two others in the Delhi Cabinet with 'Z' category security.
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Virendra Sachdeva was appointed as the Delhi BJP president in March 2023. (File Photo)The Delhi Police have enhanced the security of Delhi BJP head Virendra Sachdeva from the ‘Y’ category to ‘Z’ after an assessment of the threat perception, said police sources Sunday.
As per the ‘Yellow Book’ of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which contains guidelines regarding security arrangements for VIPs and VVIPs, a ‘Z’ category protectee gets around 22-25 personnel, including personal security officers (PSOs), escorts, watchers, and eight static arm guards. A ‘Y’ category protectee gets eight to 10 personnel, including six PSOs and four static armed guards.
There are six grades of security cover: X, Y, Y Plus, Z, Z Plus, and the Special Protection Group (SPG). The SPG is exclusively for the prime minister and immediate family. The other security categories can be assigned to anyone for whom the Central or state governments have received intelligence regarding a potential threat.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Minister for Environment, Forest and Wildlife Manjinder Singh Sirsa are the two other ministers with ‘Z’ category security in the Delhi Cabinet.
Sachdeva, 55, has been active in politics since 1988 and has held several roles, including party general secretary and vice president, a position he was appointed to in 2020. He was appointed as the Delhi BJP president in March 2023. Earlier, he had stepped in as the party’s working president following its defeat in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls in 2022.
Sachdeva belongs to a Punjabi family that came to India after Partition. He was raised in Old Delhi’s Chandni Chowk and has strong support from his community, as well as among traders in the capital.
During the Assembly elections in February, Sachdeva led the BJP’s campaign to corner the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The BJP won 48 seats in the 70-seat Assembly, unseating the AAP and forming the government in the capital after 27 years.
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