The Centre on Wednesday provided armed 'Y' category CISF security for Trinamool Congress MP Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar from May 19 onwards.
Under the 'Y' category—typically not given to MPs unless the Union Home Ministry orders it—Ghosh has been assigned a team of armed personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for round-the-clock security during travel and public meetings.
The decision to provide her with security was taken after a review of her threat profile by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), an ANI report said, citing sources in the know.
The officials added that the security cover for Dastidar would be reviewed periodically, in line with standard protocol, and would be modified based on the circumstances later on.
This comes just days after tensions brimmed in the TMC when the Barasat MP was replaced as the party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha by Srirampur MP Kalyan Banerjee.
Though she did not speak out directly against the replacement, Ghosh voiced her disappointment in a cryptic post on social media.
"Known each other since 1976, began our journey together in 1984. Today I have been rewarded for four decades of loyalty," she wrote in a pointed reference to her long-time association with Mamata Banerjee.
In fact, Ghosh made a specific reference to former CM Banerjee's foray into politics via her college's student council in 1976.
Though Ghosh had been from a different college, it was at this time that the two had met, going on to start a fruitful partnership in 1984, when Banerjee contested and won her first election from Jadavpur, defeating CPI(M) candidate Somnath Chatterjee.
Notably, though the Home Ministry has not given the TMC reshuffle and her veiled criticism of Banerjee as the reason, the timing of the events has sparked concerns about more potential tumult within the party, as it reels from the loss of the 2026 Assembly elections.
