The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has written to Maharashtra DGP and demanded Immediate withdrawal of vehicles procured under Nirbhaya fund now being depolyed for providing police escort/security to MLAs.
In the letter it had mentioned that it had been widely reported that the Maharashtra Home department has diverted almost 40 vehicles procured under the Nirbhaya Fund for escorting MLAs of Shinde faction.
Home minsitry has been granted Y+Security to all MLAs of the Shinde faction which itself seems like a move to accord VIP status to MLAs more than anything else. IT is shameful how these MLA accepted these vehicles and nobody seems to be bothered or willing to voluntarily withdraw the said vehicles after it has come to light these vechicles were procured for the protection of women, the letter stated.
Earlier, In a major revelation, some of the vehicles procured by the Mumbai Police earlier this year under the Nirbhaya Fund to fight crime against women are currently being used for providing Y-plus security to the MLAs and MPs of the Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde, a police official said on Sunday. Opposition leaders criticised the move and sought answers from the Shinde-Fadnavis government.