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| Still waiting after all these months - Smriti Irani’s Z security upgrade. Twitter pic |
May 23, 2016, NewsCrunch
In her cat fight with Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi, HRD Minsier Smriti Irani said she does not have Z category security.
Priyanka Chaturvedi retorted saying she did not know about the internal working of the Home Ministry and only went by the media reports.
Both seem to be correct on this point. The internal working of Home Ministry is indeed a little intriguing.
On May 19, several publications from NDTVto The Hindu reported that Smriti Irani’s security would be upgraded from Y to Z category.
The trigger was the enhanced threat perception due to the of turmoil at several university campuses.
On February 4 this year The Hindu had reported the same information. Vijaita Singh and Nitsula Hebbar had quoted a top government official saying following the trouble at
However, a detailed report on February 20 by PTI, on the changes being made in the list of VVIPs under Z Plus, made no mention of Smriti Irani.
After three months of the fist report, the issue still evades clarity.