The government led by CM Bhagwant Mann in Punjab has taken action on VIP security. Personnel deployed on specific orders of the courts, however, would not be withdrawn, said a letter by the additional director general of police (security).
Most of them are Congress and Akali leaders whose security personnel has been withdrawn.
- Some of the prominent names are Surjit Kumar Rakhra, Sucha Singh Chhotepur, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Bibi Jagir Kaur, Madan Mohan Mittal, Tota Singh and Gulzar Singh Ranike.
- Family of former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi; Raninder Singh, the son of former CM Amarinder Singh; Puneet Kaur, the wife of former minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon; Arjun Badal, the son of former finance minister Manpreet Badal, will also lose their security cover.
- Apart from them, Charanjit Kaur Bajwa, the wife of Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa; and Udaybir Singh, the son of former minister Sukhjinder Randhawa will lose their security.
- security cover of Rajeev Shukla, former MP and former chairman of IPL; Mahi Gill, who was the star campaigner for BJP in the state assembly polls; and Sidhant Chattopadhyay, the son of former DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyay is also taken away.
- Gobind Singh Longowal, Jeet Mohinder Singh, Karan Kaur Brar, Balbir Singh Ghunas, Deep Malhotra, Mantar Singh Brar, Joginder Pal Jain, Arvind Khanna, Sarabjit Makkar, Punjab Youth Congress chief Barinder Dhillon, former Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, former Jathedar of Patna Sahib Giani Iqbal Singh, and some SGPC members, Amarjit Singh Chawla and Surjit Singh Garh are also included in the list.
This is not the first time when Punjab government has taken such a step. Last month, police had withdrawn the security cover of former ministers and MLAs.