Kejriwal refuses security for third time; insists there is no danger to his life.
New Delhi: Two days after the attack on the Aam Aadmi Party office in Ghaziabad by supporters of a right-wing organisation, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday reiterated that he would not take security cover, insisting that there was no danger to his life.
The statement comes on a day when Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that the AAP chief is being given security without his knowledge.
Asked at a press conference as to whether he would accept the security offered to him by Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday, following the attack, Kejriwal said he would not do so.
“There is no threat to my life. My life line is too long,” he said. Shinde said the security agencies have thrice asked Kejriwal to take security and he has refused twice.
He said the task of ensuring security to Kejriwal is being carried out by the Delhi Police even as the police commissioner has talked to the Ghaziabad superintendent of police to take care of security requirements in his area as the CM?lives there.
“Recently there was an attack on AAP office in Ghaziabad.... We have asked the local police that if not directly they can post their men in the vicinity of these locations,” Shinde said.
( Source : dc )
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