Days after a verbal spat between MP Raghav Chadha and the AAP over his removal from the post of deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha, the Punjab Government has withdrawn his Z-plus security cover, it has been learnt.Meanwhile, sources in Delhi said Chadha may be provided a security cover by the Centre. The cover was withdrawn a few days ago, sources said.The Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) criticised the AAP government over the withdrawal of Chadha’s Z-plus security cover. Punjab Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said the BJP and AAP may pretend to be at loggerheads, but they were two sides of the same coin, “misusing agencies” to settle political scores. “When it suits them, they scratch each other’s back, the security cover to Raghav Chadha exposes this convenient nexus,” he said.SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia alleged that a government which claimed to represent ordinary households had completely “politicised” the Punjab Police.The Aam Aadmi Party on April 2 announced the replacement of Chadha with MP Ashok Mittal for the post of deputy leader in Rajya Sabha. Chadha said he had been “silenced, not defeated”, attracting a retort by his party, which accused him of engaging in “soft PR” and restraining himself from raising his voice against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre in Parliament.Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said he believed Chadha was “compromised” for denying the party whip.“If Chadha is unwilling to speak on issues like the ‘deletion’ of votes in West Bengal, stage a walkout from Parliament on important issues or raise a voice against the arrest of several AAP volunteers and leaders in Gujarat, then it is breaking the party line and going against the party whip,” Mann earlier said.