CRPF flags ‘security protocol violations’ by Rahul Gandhi, Cong questions timing

Sources said that in a letter sent to Kharge a few days ago, the VIP security unit of the paramilitary force has flagged certain “unscheduled movements without intimation” by Gandhi during his domestic visits as well as before leaving for abroad. But sources said such communication was “routine” in nature and had been sent by the CRPF wing in the context of Gandhi’s security in the past too.

Queries sent to CRPF Director General Gyanendra Pratap Singh and a CRPF spokesperson on the issue did not elicit any response.

In the letter, the CRPF wing is learnt to have underlined that such unannounced movements pose a “risk” to the security of the “high risk” VIP, adding that stipulated guidelines should be followed mandatorily by the protectee and his staff. It is also understood to have furnished the guidelines to be followed, as stipulated in the central “yellow book” for VIP security, and the need to keep the security wing in the loop all the time.

According to sources, the letter states that security protocol “violations, as per the guidelines”, were made by Gandhi on “several occasions” and this had been communicated to him “from time to time”. “Since 2020, there have been 113 violations observed and duly communicated,” it says, adding that he violated security guidelines during the Delhi leg of his Bharat Jodo Yatra too.

Meanwhile, the Congress questioned “the timing” of the letter and the “instant public release”. “It comes just as Rahul Gandhi is leading the charge against the BJP’s vote chori carried out with the Election Commission’s complicity,” said Pawan Khera, Congress media and publicity department chairman. “Is this a veiled attempt to intimidate the Leader of Opposition, who has already announced another imminent disclosure? Is the government rattled by the truth he is about to reveal,” he said in a post on X.

“Under the yellow book protocol, individuals under high-category security are required to provide prior intimation about their movements, including foreign travel, to enable deployment. Rahul doesn’t,” Amit Malviya, BJP’s in-charge, national information and technology department, said in a post on X.

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