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Among all the commotion that is going on these days at the airports in India over Security Alert and the various restrictions that passengers/employees of various airlines "have" to abide by, our very own ministers and their chamche's still enjoy their true desh-bhakt treatment.


I was at the MAA airport yesterday morning, waiting at the area just after security, awaiting boarding for an IC 320 to HYD, when I saw our very own Fin Minster, Mr. PC clearing security with no checks done on him.


My question is, is it something that they are entitled to since they are ministers or are the security agencies at the airports too reluctant to check him with a metal detector (atleast).


P.S. Also had the famous South Indian actress Trisha, onboard with us. Mannn! is she hot or what... hubba hubba !!


aM



-- Edited by crew320 at 07:14, 2006-08-28

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His luggage would probably be screened.Its the same with Airport staff.Did he walk thru a metal detector.


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Hope this helps:


www.uninews.com


List of VVIPs: Exemption from pre-embarkation 


New Delhi, Aug 11 (UNI)


The Civil Aviation Ministry today said it was for the Union Home Ministry to decide whether to include three service chiefs in the list of VVIPs exempted from pre-embarkation security checks at all civil airports in the country.


 ‘‘We have no role to play in this. The Home Minsitry gives us the list which is circulated to all the airports in the country,’’ Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay Prasad told reporters.


 ‘‘As of now, they do not figure in the list of exempted category,’’ said Prasad.


 Defence Ministry had sharply reacted to the non-inclusion of the names of Army, Navy and Air Force chiefs in the amended list circulated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.


 In the latest list, those included among the VVIPs are President, Vice President, Prime Minister, former Presidents, Lok Sabha Speaker, Chief Justice and judges of the Supreme Court, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and Cabinet Ministers.


 Also figuring in the list are Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, Governors, Chief Ministers Chief Justices of High Courts and visiting dignitaries.


 The sole exception is Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama.



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http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1790274,0015002100000000.htm
VVIP Arjun to take off with gunman in tow
Jay Raina
New Delhi, September 7, 2006 
 
 
 HUMAN RESOURCE Development Minister Arjun Singh has got himself a rare privilege: he is now eligible for protection by a gun-wielding personal security officer (PSO) even inside planes. Such protection during air travel is granted to only VVIPs, who get the special security cover set out in the Special Protection Group Act.


The list includes the prime minister, former prime ministers, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her children. Singh's gun-handling PSO is permitted to guard him in all commercial flights including those of Air India and Indian airlines within and outside the country.


But in these days of heightened terror perception around the globe, when carrying weapons except by authorised personnel is strictly prohibited in planes, it remains to be seen how airlines will ensure the officer with the gun for the HRD Minister in his travels outside the country. A senior Civil Aviation Ministry official said domestic flights could permit weapons for PSOs if the Home Ministry sanctions them for a VIP. But prior permission from the airlines is needed for international flights.


Based on current threat perception, intelligence agencies have assigned Z-category protection for the HRD Minister. This is just a shade less than is allowed under the highest Z-plus category. It entitles Singh protection by two PSO's round-the-clock with eight more guarding the front and rear gate of his official residence. Besides this, an escort car accompanies him on roads.


A government official, on condition of anonymity, said the proposal for the special security cover for Singh was sent to Home Minister Shivraj Patil for approval "only after intervention at the top."


Exceptions, as in the case of Singh, have been made in the past twice by the previous NDA government. This was for L K Advani as both the deputy prime minister and home minister. Advani mostly travelled across the country in government-owned planes, especially those belonging to the Border Security Force. Advani continues to enjoy Z-plus security and is among the most threatened after Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and former Prime minister Vajpayee.


Significantly, while the SPG Act provides for the highest security cover to proximate relations of the protected persons, both Robert Vadra and Ranjan Batachariya (son-in-laws of Sonia Gandhi and A B Vajpayee) are not eligible for it. They are co-opted while travelling with their spouses.


 
 
 



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There is a lot of threat to him especially after the quota crisis he created

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