State government reportedly registered their complaint with the Centre over Priyanka Gandhi move to throw her security cordon while campaigning for her brother Rahul Gandhi in Amethi on Thursday. She reportedly broke away from her SPG security cordon and went ahead for campaigning in Tiloi in the district without security cover of the elite protection agency.
Reports said that when the Congress star campaigner reached Gandhinagar near Gauriganj area of Amethi, she came down from her SUV and stopped SPG personnel from following her and moved to Tiloi for campaigning, Superintendent of Police Hiralal said. However, the cops of the local district accompanied her to maintain law and order situation. Priyanka was schedule to address a meeting at Shahmau near Kasimpur but she changed her route.
local Congress sources said that Priyanka was apparently upset with the attitude of SPG personnel towards her interaction with people. When asked about the incident, principal secretary, Home, Anil Kumar Gupta said, "It was a matter of concern and SPG headquarters would be informed about the incident. We are apprising them (SPG officials) of the incident", he said.
Earlier, Priyanka’a brother also break SPG security cover to mingle with the public of Amethi and even some other districts during campaigning in UP in last Assembly elections. Even during Bahujan Samaj Party’s regime, Rahul kept the state government in dark and visits the state after which the than government had registered several protests but Congress vice-president never showed any concern and now his sister followed the same trend to win the heart of the people of Amethi.