Will Jashodaben accept SPG cover if her husband Narendra Modi becomes PM? Here's what rules say

New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben would enjoy high security cover if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins the election and its poster boy becomes prime minister of the country. Being Modi's wife, Jashodaben will be entitled to Special Protection Group (SPG) security. As per the SPG Act, prime Minister, former prime ministers and their immediate families can be provided with such a cover. With barely a week to for the election results to declared, the SPG is working on security plans for Modi in case he becomes the prime minister, English daily Mail Today reported. The SPG detail for Jashodaben, who by virtue of being Modi's wife would face a security threat, can be deployed at her residence in Brahmanwada village in Mehsana district of Gujarat. But Modi's wife does not stay with him. According to a Times of India report, the SPG cover could be refused by the protectee only in the face of no security threat against him or her. This effectively means that Jashodaben has the option to refuse security but not if there is threat perception. Citing a security expert, the report says if Jashodaben were to decline SPG protection in a formal communication to the SPG director, the elite force would have to abide by her sentiment. Modi had declared Jashodaben as his wife for the first time in the affidavit filed along with his nomination papers in Vadodara. This was done in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling last year stating that poll affidavits with blank columns were a valid ground for rejection of the nomination papers. Recently, the Election Commission issued directions making e-filing of poll affidavits mandatory. The software used for e-filing of affidavits ensures that none of the columns in the affidavits can be left blank. VVIPs who have SPG, NSG security cover Under SPG cover: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former prime ministers and their immediate families, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and brother-in-law Robert Vadra. Under NSG cover: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Senior BLP leader LK Advani, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, BJP President Rajnath Singh, former UP CM Kalyan Singh, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, Telugu Desam Party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, RJD boss Lalu Prasad, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.