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Can’t say no to Lalu so Govt upgrades Rabri security, tells Bihar to pay for it
NITISH GOVT: State responds: she already has enough, 95 security guards
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 6: Bowing to political considerations of an important ally, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Centre has made an exception and decided to provide National Security Guards (NSG) cover — an elite commando and anti-hijack force — for his wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi.
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The Ministry conveyed its decision to NSG on December 21 last year. A day later, NSG relayed a message to Patna asking for facilities like:
• Bullet-proof car for Rabri Devi and two identical cars for NSG with trained drivers.
• Mobile phone with roaming facility for the NSG task force head along with telephone and STD facility for the force
• Police operator with radio sets, both handheld and to be mounted on vehicles.
• Suitable built-up accommodation with facilities for one officer, three junior officers and 28 NSG commandos.
• Firing range and suitable training area.
On January 8, the Union Home Ministry formally informed Bihar Chief Secretary of its decision.
Incidentally, <b>while she was CM, a 125-man company of the Central Reserved Police Force was deployed for security of her residence and the area around it. CRPF records show that this company was one of the 24 given to Bihar for anti-Naxal operations</b>. But as the prerogative of deployment of Central paramilitary forces lies with the state government, there was little the CRPF could do.