Et Report
Jammu, Aug 22: The Government has mulled up to withdraw all the Government vehicles provided to politicians including former MLAs, MLCs, MPs and Ministers, Reports said the DGP, Ashok Prasad, after having a review of the security Vehicles to VIPs, and VVIPs in the State, mulled up a proposal to withdraw all Government vehicle from the politicians of the State expect the sitting MLAs, MLCs and Ministers and forwarded it to the Government for its final nod, which according to sources has been reverted back to the DGP with a positive note.Now as the department has started implementing the decision, the former Ministers and other politicians will not be able to travel in the Government vehicle anymore. In the proposal the DGP has recommended hiring up private vehicles to save the extra burden on the department. These vehicles were used by the Ministers, ex-Ministers, other leaders and are eating up crores of rupees of the polices department. Many of them don`t need security but still they had Government vehicles allotted to them. The sitting MPs, MLAs, MLCs, and Minister, however have been exempted and they will continue to enjoy royal ride as usual.In its first phase the Government has mulled up to hire at least 250 vehicles for this purpose and soon a tender in this regard will be invited from the interested firms
Atfab Ahmed, IG provision and Transport confirmed the news and said form past few days, we are in the process of withdrawing vehicles form the VIPs" The sources further said that the Government will soon hold a review over providing of security cover to VVIPs and VVIPs of the State and only those under imminent life threats will be giver the same.
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