NEW DELHI: The government has decided to continue granting Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama exemption from frisking at airports across the country, even as it has removed Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra from the list of people accorded this privilege.
The Dalai Lama and Vadra were the only two persons in the 33 categories of people exempted from frisking at airports to be considered for review by the civil aviation ministry under the Narendra Modi government.
"The external affairs ministry has informed us that the Dalai Lama will continue to get no-frisking privileges at airports. In a way, they have rejected our proposal of a review on continuing with the spiritual leader's no-frisking privileges," said a civil aviation ministry official, who did not want to be identified.
The civil aviation ministry was informed about the rejection in a letter dated December 14, the official said.
21/12/15 Mihir Mishra/The Economic Times
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The Dalai Lama and Vadra were the only two persons in the 33 categories of people exempted from frisking at airports to be considered for review by the civil aviation ministry under the Narendra Modi government.
"The external affairs ministry has informed us that the Dalai Lama will continue to get no-frisking privileges at airports. In a way, they have rejected our proposal of a review on continuing with the spiritual leader's no-frisking privileges," said a civil aviation ministry official, who did not want to be identified.
The civil aviation ministry was informed about the rejection in a letter dated December 14, the official said.
21/12/15 Mihir Mishra/The Economic Times