New Delhi, December 3: A major security breach took place at the residence of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra last week when unknown people entered the premises of her residence on an SUV without permission and asked for selfies. Following the incident, her husband Robert Vadra questioned the security of all the women in the country.

Commenting on the breach of security that recently took place, he said," It's not about security for Priyanka, my daughter, and son, me or Gandhi family. It's about keeping our citizens, especially the women of our country, safe and feeling secure. Security throughout the country is compromised." Security breach at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Residence After SPG Cover Withdrawn, Group Enters Home, Asks for Selfie. He further highlighted the tremendous rise in the number of incidents where women are molested, raped and the creation of a society, where no one feels safe.

Check ANI Tweet, which has shared Vadra's full message:

This incident took place after the government withdrew SPG security from interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her son and former party chief Rahul Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and they were instead provided Z Plus security by the CRPF.

The decision to withdraw the SPG cover given to the family of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated by LTTE terrorists on May 21, 1991, was taken after a detailed security assessment, a senior official informed. The Gandhis are without SPG protection after 28 years.

 

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