LIVE! Shinde rubbishes terror threats, refuses security to BJP netas

March 20, 2014 15:15

Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde has refused additional security to BJP leaders saying the government has no information regarding a terror threat.

The opposition party today demanded that the Home Ministry ensure "foolproof' protection for them.

Citing media reports which have quoted intelligence sources as saying that the lives of top BJP leaders were under threat, party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said that a delegation of party leaders will meet Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to press their demand for security.

"Based on Intelligence Bureau sources, a section of media has been reporting that the BJP leaders' lives are under threat. "BJP is very concerned and worried,' she said, adding that, "there is a threat to all BJP leaders."

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