Manipur Downgrades Security Of VIPs To Free Up Personnel For Farmers
NDTV
Nearly 2,000 extra personnel will be available and will be deployed to guard farmers engaged in cultivation in trouble-torn areas of the state, sources said.
The Manipur government has downgraded the VIP security cover of a sizeable number of ministers, MLAs, politicians and bureaucrats and these 2,000-odd security personnel will now be deployed to guard farmers engaged in cultivation in trouble-torn areas of the state, sources said today.
The development came two days after Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that a decision has been taken to provide security to the farmers who will start the cropping season.
"Security of many ministers, MLAs, other politicians, civil servants, former bureaucrats has been downgraded, leading to the freeing-up of around 2,000 security personnel, who will be deployed to guard farmers engaged in cultivation in trouble-torn areas in Manipur," a source said.
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