Punjab MLA Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi gets Z category security after joining BJP

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New Delhi: A week after joining BJP former Congress minister, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, has been accorded ‘Z’-category VIP security cover by the Union Government.

Sodhi, an MLA for the last four terms and who is considered close to former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, announced his resignation from the Congress on Twitter and had posted the letter sent to party president Sonia Gandhi.He joined the BJP on December 21.

Sources said that Sodhi accorded ‘Z’-category security’ on the recommendation of the Union Home Ministry and he will have an armed cover of the CRPF commandos every time he travels in Punjab and in Delhi.