Home Ministry terms as baseless, devoid of fact Rahul Gandhi’s comment on SPG

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New Delhi : The Union Home Ministry on September 24, 2018, termed as baseless and devoid of fact the comment of AICC President Rahul Gandhi reported in a section of media that the SPG Chief appointed by PM Narendra Modi had to quit because he refused to accept a list of SPG officers handpicked by the RSS.

It has been reported in a section of the media that Rahul Gandhi, during an interaction at New Delhi on September 22, 2018, had commented that the SPG Chief appointed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to quit because he refused to accept a list of SPG officers handpicked by the RSS.

The Home Ministry said the matter has been verified and the officer in question Vivek Srivastava, former Director, Special Protection Group (SPG), has specifically averred that he did not have any such conversation with Rahul Gandhi at any point of time. The officer has stated that as part of his professional duties he interacted with SPG protectees. However, he has categorically stated that during his interaction with Gandhi, there was no talk whatsoever regarding the appointment of a new Director, or the reasons for his leaving SPG, it said.

SPG is a professional organisation which takes its task of protecting serving Prime Ministers, former Prime Ministers and their families entrusted to its security, very seriously and in the highest professional spirit. The comment reportedly made by Rahul Gandhi through the media is baseless, devoid of fact and unfortunate, coming from an SPG protectee, the Home Ministry said, according to a PIB release.