Rajya Sabha Passes Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill

  • On Tuesday, the Rajya Sabha passed the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
     
  • During the voting on the bill, Congress staged a walkout from the House.
     
  • While speaking on Priyanka Gandhi's security breach Amit Shah said, "the incident did happen as the guard mistook Sharda Tyagi's black SUV same as Rahul Gandhi's."

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  • He further said, "Despite the bizarre coincidence, we ordered an inquiry and suspended three personnel. We did not want even a .001% chance."
     
  • Shah reinstated that this law was not meant to target one family and said that the security of 130 crore Indians including the Gandhi family is the govt's responsibility."