The central government has extended Y category security cover by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to newly inducted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Punjab, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Sheetal Angural, sources said.

This security provision is exclusively for Punjab.

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Rinku, a former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member of Parliament, and Angural, an MLA, recently joined the BJP.

Rinku’s inclusion in the BJP’s list of six Lok Sabha candidates for Punjab, with a nomination from the Jalandhar reserved seat, further solidified his prominence within the party ranks.

The decision to provide Y category security was prompted by inputs from the Intelligence Bureau, citing potential threats following the entry of these two politicians into the BJP.