Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and her two sons, Tejashwi and Tej Pratap Yadav, on Wednesday "returned" their State security cover, protesting withdrawal of guards from her residence here.
Reacting to this, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said they were exasperated following interrogation by the CBI in connection with a railway hotels scam. State Government officials and the ruling Janata Dal (United) defended the recall of security from Rabri Devi's house last night, saying the guards had been provided to her husband lalu Prasad, who enjoys 'Z' category security. Accordingly, the guards were asked to return as the RJD supremo is currently in jail, they said. "Just now at the stroke of midnight, Nitish Kumar has called back 18 house guards deployed in the security of the two ex-CMs. Surrendering our security to Nitish ji so that he can increase his own security as he is the most namby-pamby CM of the country," Tejashwi Yadav said in a tweet.
"Returning the security (covers) provided to my mother Rabri Devi as ex-CM, to my brother as an MlA and to me as leader of the Opposition. Hope Nitish Kumar gives up acting spitefully and concentrates on doing something constructive," he added.
Rabri Devi, in a letter to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, said the recall of house guards had left the security of her residence and family in "tatters".