Presidential Polls 2022 | Opposition's Candidate Yashwant Sinha Gets 'Z' Category Security

Yashwant Sinha has been provided Z category security of CRPF officials after a written order by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Opposition Presidential Candidate Yashwant Sinha. (Image Source: Getty Images)

New Delhi: Yashwant Sinha, the joint opposition candidate for president, was given Z security protection on Friday by armed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commandos, news agency PTI reported. The second-highest level of security protection offered to high-risk people in the nation is the Z category. According to officials, the 84-year-old leader would always be escorted by commandos as he travels around the nation. There will be eight to 10 of them operating in shifts.

In March 2021, Yashwant Sinha, a former minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee administration, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC). But after being selected as the unified opposition's presidential candidate earlier this week, he promptly left the party.

Yashwant Sinha will register his nomination on June 27, 2022. Sinha will also "be visiting Bihar & Jharkhand for two days from today onwards," ANI reported.

Days prior, the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu received Z+ security protection from CRPF commandos on behalf of the government.

Murmu will travel throughout the nation to meet with lawmakers and officials of different political parties in order to solicit support for her candidacy.

A detachment of around 14–16 commandos headquartered in Odisha has been assigned the responsibility of providing security protection for Murmu.

On July 18, there will be a presidential election, and the results will be announced on July 21. The tenure of President Ram Nath Kovind expires on July 24.

(With Agencies Inputs)