Privileges to Priyanka Gandhi won’t be cut says Centre

New Delhi: The Centre has no plans to withdraw exemption given to Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra from normal security checks at airports when they travel together.

“Security is given to any individual on the basis of threat perception and members of the Gandhi family continue to be under high degree of threat. Ensuring security to such people, agencies have to follow certain protocol which cannot be changed just like that,” a official said.

Priyanka, being an SPG protectee, is exempted from normal security check at airports. While her husband Robert Vadra has to undergo frisking at airports if he travels alone. He is exempted from  security checks when he travels with Priyanka.