B.S. Yediyurappa requests Amit Shah to withdraw Z-category security

The Union Home Ministry had accorded Z-category security to B.S. Yediyurappa in the wake of reported threat perception to him. He now wants it withdrawn.

BJP Parliamentary Board member and former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa has requested Union Home Minister Amit Shah to withdraw the Z-category security that has been accorded to him. 

It may be noted that the Union Home Ministry itself had accorded Z-category security to the octogenarian leader. While such a measure had come in the wake of reported threat perception to him, the announcement had been made days ahead of Mr. Yediyurappa’s scheduled State tour. 

However, Mr. Yediyurappa is yet to get the elite security despite clearance from Central authorities. 

When asked about this at a press conference in Bengaluru on November 2, Mr. Yediyurappa made it clear that, “I have requested the Home Minister to withdraw the Z-category security given to me.” 

He said: “I am a person who lives amidst people. People cannot come and interact with me freely if I get such elite security. Whatever security had been provided earlier is enough for me. I do not need any additional security.” 

When asked if such an elite security itself had scared him, Mr. Yediyurappa burst into peals of laughter and said he was trying to convince the authorities concerned to withdraw the high-level security.