The Union Home Ministry has decided to take up the issue of alleged breach of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhis security during his visit to Allahabad with the Uttar Pradesh government. On Monday evening,when Rahul was on his way to Anand Bhavan,the ancestral house of the Nehru-Gandhis,for an overnight stay after an interaction at engineering institute MNNIT,a group of SPs youth wing activists,who were waving black flags and shouting slogans against him and the Congress,jumped in front of his vehicle. SPG guards accompanying Rahul had to push back some of the protesters. Sources in the MHA said it was clear that Uttar Pradesh Police personnel,who were deployed along Rahuls travel route,had failed to control activists of the Samajwadi Partys youth wing,who tried to stop Rahuls car and even tried to climb atop it and clamber it with black flags. The SPG,which is entrusted with Rahuls security,will also send a report to the MHA soon,after which the Centre will raise the issue with the state government for appropriate action. The SPG has told the MHA that it had informed well in advance the UP Police about the travel plans of the Congress general secretary. On Monday,DIG,Allahabad,Ram Kumar termed the reports of security breach absolutely untrue. It is not the first time that the Centre and the UP government are at loggerheads over the security arrangements for Rahul,who visits Uttar Pradesh frequently.
