00:00It seems that the Ministry of Home Affairs, according to sources, has now provided security cover to Raghav Chadda, the
00:09Rajesh Sabha parliamentarian.
00:11Remember, his security had been withdrawn by the Punjab government and now he will receive Z security in Delhi and
00:19Punjab and this will be central security.
00:22Now, paramilitary forces will be providing security to Raghav Chadda and earlier today, as we just informed you, the Punjab
00:30government had withdrawn Raghav Chadda's security cover.
00:34The security has been granted based on a threat perception report by the Intelligence Bureau or the ID.
00:41Well, the entire pull and push that he had seen between Raghav Chadda and the Aam Agni Party top leaders,
00:49now it seems that it is just escalating as first his security was withdrawn and now central security is being
00:57provided to him.
00:58There have been rumors of Raghav Chadda quitting and joining BJP or launching his own platform, but one thing is
01:05for sure, all is not well between Raghav Chadda and the Aam Agni Party.
01:10He was removed from his post and then later on, that post was given away to someone else.
01:17And right now, what we are hearing is that Raghav Chadda will get Z category security and this will be
01:24provided by the central government.
01:26Joining us right now is India Today's Kamaljeet Sandhu.
01:29Kamaljeet, security pulled away and security given back.
01:35Explain to us.
01:40Well, Raghav Chadda has been in the eye of the storm and many indicating that this could be a step
01:45well towards the Saffron Party, which is the Bharatiya Janata Party.
01:49Meanwhile, what we've seen is with the distance between the Aam Agni Party and Raghav Chadda, which seems very pertinent.
01:56Remember the way Arvind Kejewal and even Bhangwant Maan have hit out at him.
02:01And this is where what we've seen is that recently there was a meeting where decategorization of security was taking
02:08place.
02:09That happened in Punjab where he had been getting Z plus security for the past four years.
02:15That was withdrawn and made to nil.
02:19Considering that there is imminent threat to Raghav Chadda, the Ministry of Home Affairs has stepped in.
02:25Categorization of the threat has been given.
02:27So he's been given a Z category security.
02:30Sources indicate to us that he's got Z category both in Punjab and in Delhi.
02:34And in the rest of the country he's going to get Y category security.
02:39Again, drawing a certain amount of input is the security categorization.
02:45And this is where the Aam Agni Party is hit out, saying we always knew that you were heading towards
02:50BJP.
02:50And this is where they have been leveling allegations against Raghav Chadda, not just for disloyalty, but obviously about for
02:58switching gears.
02:59But meanwhile, Raghav Chadda, we've spoke to Suril Dhakad, who's also the BJP chief here in Punjab,
03:07who said Raghav Chadda needs security as much as Swati Malewal, because there have been issues where there is a
03:14threat to these particular leaders from Aam Agni Party itself.
03:19So given that particular line itself, remember, there is a war of words even on security being provided to Raghav
03:26Chadda.
03:27Thank you very much, Kamaljeet, for those details.
03:29Thank you very much.
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