Patna: RJD Chief Lalu Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi will have to pass through a strict security check at Patna airport as the civil aviation ministry on Saturday scrapped ‘VVIP privilege’ granted to them.
It is still not clear why the VVIP access of the two senior most leaders of Bihar has been withdrawn by the civil aviation ministry but RJD leaders believe that the action has been taken “only to harass Lalu Yadav who has played a vital role in uniting opposition parties against the BJP”.
The VVIP access at the Patna airport was granted to the couple by the civil aviation ministry in 2009 when UPA government was in power. The special privilege meant that both Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi were allowed to drive up to the aircraft at the Patna airport in their own vehicle.
However, the BJP in Bihar has welcomed the move of civil aviation ministry scrapping the special privilege granted to the couple. “None of the other former CMs including Jitan Ram Manjhi have been given the special privilege,” a BJP leader said.
