Bengal Cuts VIP Security After Major Threat Review

They did this after they looked again at the kind of threats these people might face.

The government has taken away some of the police guards who were watching the homes of these people. They have also reduced the number of security personnel who were protecting them.

This happened after the state government also reduced the security provided to Abhishek Banerjee, who's a big leader in the All India Trinamool Congress.

The government officials said they made this decision after they thought about whether these people needed all that security.

Why the Bengal Government Reduced VIP Security

The government looked again at the threat levels for some leaders and officials.

As part of this review they reduced the security provided to politicians and former senior police officials.

The list of people who got reduced security includes:

 Banerjee

 Arup Biswas

 Subrata Bakshi

 Kunal Ghosh

 Sovan Chatterjee

 Rajeev Kumar

 Manoj Malaviya

 Piyush Pandey

The police guards who were outside their homes are now gone.

The officials said some of these people do not have jobs that require a lot of security anymore.

They will still get the kind of security that is required for their jobs.

For example Kalyan Banerjee and Rajeev Kumar will still get the security that is provided to Members of Parliament.

Arup Biswas will not get the kind of security that ministers get because he is not a minister right now.

Kunal Ghosh will only get the security that is provided to a Member of the Legislative Assembly.

The government also took away the security from a lawyer who used to represent the Trinamool Congress and the state government in court.

Piyush Pandey, who used to be the acting DGP will now get the security that is required for his job.

Mamata Banerjees Security Remains Unchanged

Even though the government reduced the security for important people they said they will not reduce the security for Mamata Banerjee.

The police in Kolkata have been told to make sure she is fully protected at her home when she travels and at events.

The government said they will not tolerate any mistakes, in her security.

This is part of the governments policy that people should only get the security they really need.

Some people who watch politics think this is a sign that the government wants to make sure that security is only provided to people who really need it and not to everyone.