As former Chief Minister and YSR Congress party supremo YS Jagan Mohan filed a writ petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court for restoring his security cover that was in force prior to the recent assembly elections has once again brought to the fore a heated discussion on how the previous government splurged public money to provide unreasonable protection to their leader.
While YSRCP leaders and its supporters have been making a lot of hue and cry over the depleted security personnel to Jagan Mohan Reddy, the ruling dispensation led by NDA in AP is firm on exposing how the former regime resorted to glaring misuse of government money every month just to make sure that the former CM and his family is under huge blanket of security with as many as 900 people working round the clock.
Reportedly, the previous government expended more than 90 Crores every year for salaries and other contingencies towards Chief Minister’s security. Every month nearly 8 Crores was apportioned for this purpose as a huge number of security personnel were deployed to guard Jagan and his family. What is more shocking is that Jagan’s daughters who were studying in abroad were also provided security by the state government. There was security at his residences in Bengaluru and Hyderabad even though he used to stay in Tadepalli palace in Vijayawada.
The present government immediately cut down the disproportionate security cover after coming to power. So, Jagan Mohan Reddy filed a plea in the court to consider the sensitive nature of his position and the ongoing political environment in the state and provide him with additional security which is similar to the one which was in place before the election results.
NDA leaders took swipe on Jagan and his supporters for creating unnecessary fuss about security. They claimed that the government cut down only the extra security personnel who were inducted without a justification.
Meanwhile, the High Court has directed the state government to submit a detailed report on the security cover provided to Jagan Mohan Reddy and also asked them to allot him a proper and good condition bullet proof vehicle to avoid any further risk.
