Y-Category Security for Four SP MLAs Who Cross Voted for BJP in UP

Lucknow: Four Samajwadi Party(SP) MLAs who cross-voted for the BJP in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election will now be provided Y-category security.

According to reports, these four MLAs, Abhay Singh (Gosaiganj), Manoj Kumar Pandey (Unchahar), Rakesh Pratap Singh (Gauriganj) and Vinod Chaturvedi (Kalpi), had cross-voted for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha election, leading to BJP candidate Sanjay Seth winning over the Samajwadi Party nominee Alok Ranjan.

As part of the Y-category security, eight CRPF personnel will guard these MLAs. Five personnel will guard their residences while the rest will travel with them.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said after the Rajya Sabha election that “they (MLAs) have gone (to the BJP) due to the ‘package’ they got and security”.