Her comments came in the backdrop of Unnao incident, where a rape victim was burnt alive by the accused and is currently battling for life at the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi
Asked about the security breach at their residence, he said it was a "very big lapse", but he would like to emphasise more on the safety of women in the country.
Under Z-plus security, Priyanka is being protected by CRPF commandos in close proximity besides guards at their homes and where ever they travel in the country
The party said late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray had talked about the threat to the life of Rajiv Gandhi when Indo-Sri Lanka peace accord was signed in 1987.
The SPG was raised in 1985 after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot dead by her bodyguards
He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case on October 16 and is in judicial custody till November 27 under the order of a trial court.
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The Congress general secretary also said that on Constitution Day
Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also spoke their mind on the occasion.
This comes days after the government withdrew the SPG protection given to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
BSP president Mayawati too on Thursday blamed the government for the controversy, saying education and politics of religion or caste cannot be linked.
Her attack comes days after Sitharaman reportedly said the government was looking to wrap up the sale of state-run Air India and oil refiner and marketer BPCL by March 2020
The states and UTs have been informed about the 'yellow book' procedure in this context and all the 28 VVIP security bases of the CRPF in the country will be used to execute this job, the officials sa
The Congress on Monday alleged that the Modi government had overruled the RBI to introduce electoral bonds to enable "black money to enter the BJP coffers" and demanded that the scheme be scrapped.
Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a swipe at the government, saying the Modi dispensation is making history by 'driving people into poverty'
The 81-member Jharkhand assembly will go to polls in five phases between November 30 and December 20
"Instead of solving the problems of the farmers, the BJP government considered it more appropriate to tamper with and suppress the report on farmer suicides," the Congress general secretary said.
Gehlot said that in 2014-15 he had written to then home minister Rajnath Singh and had complained that that a change in the SPG's working was visible.
With this decision, the nearly 3,000 strong force will now only be guarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
As Gandhi's seem to have lost the SPG cover, government sources suggest there's a long list of violation that may have also played a part in this decision of the Modi government