Lalu Yadav, wife Rabri Devi send back security personnel after Z+ cover withdrawn
PTC News Desk: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi on Saturday returned their security personnel deputed at their 10 Circular Road residence in Patna in protest against the withdrawal of their Z security cover.
The Bihar Special Armed Police (BSAP) this week provided security cover to the senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders after state government withdrew their top-category security cover.
Now their is no security deputed outside RJD leaders' residence in Patna.
#WATCH | Bihar: Former Chief Ministers Rabri Devi and Lalu Prasad Yadav have sent away all security personnel positioned outside their residence in Patna.
Bihar government has withdrawn Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi's Z plus security cover. The former CMs have now sent away the… pic.twitter.com/MxeOJRtVgc — ANI (@ANI) June 6, 2026
RJD chief spokesperson Shakti Yadav said that claimed that the security cover for the entire family was downgraded, alleging that there was a larger conspiracy behind the move. “RJD represents a huge majority of voters who placed their faith in its leadership. They want to crush the opposition. Such politics has no place in democracy," he remarked.
The security cover of both Rabri Devi and Lalu Yadav were reduced a day earlier.
Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi's daughter, Rohini Acharya, said the decision to remove the security cover was taken with the "malicious intent of causing them and their family harm".
"Given that there is no point in retaining a mere facade of security after such a reduction, Rabri Devi ji has decided to send the security personnel back from her official residence," she wrote on X.
She also appealed to the RJD supporters to gather outside the Patna residence in order to send a clear message to that they are the "true protectors and shield" of the Yadav family.
"The entire nation and all of Bihar are witnessing how Bihar's first female chief minister and her family are being harassed; the people of Bihar will give a befitting reply to every action taken out of vindictiveness," Acharya said.
- With inputs from agencies
