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Black Cats for Italy
25th April 1999 Tushar J. Mehta @ieee.org
Black Cats for Italy source: http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/apr/24buzz.htm Should Sonia Gandhi become prime minister, her relatives in Italy would be fully entitled to round-the-clock protection at the Indian tax-payers's expense. For, the act of Parliament that created the Special Protection Group provides for protection to the incumbent prime minister's blood relations as well. Which means that Sonia's parents and siblings would be entitled to SPG cover wherever they were. Since the SPG did not visualise situating its commandos in a particularly crime-infested part of Italy, a liberal allocation in foreign exchange might be quite in order. While on Sonia and her Italian connections, she seems to have virtually cut herself off from her relations from her late husband's side. It is interesting to note that her sister, Nadia Mario, reached New Delhi to be by her side amidst reports that she might soon become India's prime minister.
