Delhi DCP said he has briefed the police personnel about the necessary precautions that need to be followed and has tightened the security arrangements in New Delhi.
Sodhi, who joined BJP on Dec 21, will be getting this security cover both in Delhi and Punjab, to be provided by CRPF, sources in security set up said on Wednesday.
Rajib Banerjee contested the West Bengal polls as a BJP candidate from the Domjur constituency and lost to the TMC candidate. He returned to TMC after a nine-month stint with BJP.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC were also imposed within 200 m of the polling centres where voting will take place on Thursday.
Channi mentioned that he is not fond of a luxurious lifestyle and added that he has also asked the officers to ensure a reduction in vehicles constituting his cavalcade.
Vigil will be maintained across Delhi today on the 75th Independence Day with a multi-layered security cover in place at the Red Fort where PM Modi will address the nation.
The officials said Krishna Ella was provided the security cover of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) armed commandos sometime ago given his current profile of spearheading the production of life-saving vaccines and other medical essentials.
They said the Union Home Ministry has directed the CRPF to recall its detachment deployed with the 67-yr-old Roy.
Last month, in view of the alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal and potential threats to their lives, the central government had provided a cover of central security forces to all the newly elected 77 BJP MLAs.
The 70-year-old actor had joined the BJP on Sunday at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.
The shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government's move to downgrade the security cover of former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and his family, ex-UP governor Ram Naik and MNS president Raj Thackeray, and to withdraw the security cover of state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, has evoked the allegations of "political vendetta".
Republic Day 2020: With the 71st Republic Day celebrations set to begin here shortly, the entire national capital has been put under a multi-layered, ground-to-air security cover with thousands of armed personnel keeping a tight vigil over it, including the celebration venue Rajpath.
A multi-layered security arrangement will be in place on January 26 when India celebrates its 71st Republic Day. Security checks are being conducted in hotels, markets, malls and other public places across the national capital.
Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, who heads the Ram Janambhoomi Nyas, will now be given "Z" category security. The Mahant, till now, enjoyed "Y" category security.
The Union government has removed the central security cover of Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam and DMK leader M K Stalin, officials said on Thursday.
Braving cold weather, hundreds of protesters, many of whom gathered after offering Friday prayers at the Old Delhi's iconic Jama Masjid, took out peaceful demonstrations, under a heavy security cover and drone surveillance in the national capital, against the Citizenship Amendment Act, whereas in Mumbai a large number of people took part in pro and anti-CAA rallies.
Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar's security cover has been downgraded while that of Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray upgraded to 'Z' category, PTI quoted officials as saying on Wednesday. The changes in security cover were made after a review on threat perception by Maharashtra government.
Only Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get SPG security now on. Gandhis have been stripped off the Special Protection Group security. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will no more enjoy SPG protection. They will be now be guarded by CRPF Z+ security cover.
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