MHA provides Y+ security to Suvendu’s kin

Kolkata: The Union home ministry has provided Y+ category security to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s father Sisir and brother Dibyendu, both Trinamool MPs who joined the BJP in the run-up to the Bengal assembly polls.
The MHA move came days after the Centre provided X-category security to 61 of 75 BJP MLAs (Nisith Pramanik and Jagannath Sarkar resigned as MLAs) in Bengal.The new arrangement came in view of the on-going post-poll confrontation and violence across many districts.
The security cover to the TMC MPs may hasten Trinamool’s bid to report to the Lok Sabha Speaker against three MPs — Sisir, Dibyendu and Sanat Mandal — calling his attention to the defectors.
The East Midnapore TMC unit has written to the party brass against Sisir’s “anti-party role” in the polls and urged for appropriate action. It has also complained against Dibyendu’s “inaction” during elections. The tension between Trinamool and the Adhikari family escalated further after Suvendu was chosen opposition leader in the assembly.
BJP brass announced security for all BJP MLAs from Bengal fearing attacks on th-em. “They were asked to apply for security. Around 12-14 MLAs, namely Shankar Gh-osh from Siliguri, Sikha Chatterjee from Dabgram-Fulbari and Anandamoy Burman from Matigara-Naxalbari didn’t apply for security. But MLAs from trouble-torn Cooch Behar, West Burdwan and Midnapore had all applied for security,” said BJP state general secretary Sayantan Basu.