All the 77 newly-elected MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal will be provided with a cover of central security forces to prevent any potential threat to them, PTI reported quoting official sources on Tuesday.

As per the sources, the Union Home Ministry has approved the security cover for the Members of the Legislative Assembly. The decision was taken after central security agencies presented a report with inputs of a high-level team of officers. These officers were sent to West Bengal by the ministry in view of post-election violence against BJP workers.

While 61 MLAs will be given the lowest ‘X’ category security, the rest will enjoy the next higher category of ‘Y’ category security, according to PTI’s report. West Bengal Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari is already under the ‘Z’ category protectee of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Commandos of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will cover the MLAs under the ‘X’ category.

The BJP has alleged that TMC-backed goons killed a number of its workers, attacked its women members, vandalised houses, looted shops of its members and ransacked its offices after the poll results were out on May 2. Meanwhile, the TMC has claimed that three of its supporters have been killed in violent incidents.

In the recently held state assembly election, BJP emerged as the main Opposition party in West Bengal with 77 seats. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, on the other hand, won 213 seats in the 294-member house. All the cabinet ministers for Banerjee’s third straight term were sworn in on Monday.

Both the CISF and the CRPF have specialised VIP security units in their establishment and they collectively provide security to over 140 personalities, ranging from central ministers, MPs and senior bureaucrats.