<p>Amid a growing clamour for getting VIP security in the country, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday disfavoured such an approach as he said he himself does not keep that paraphernalia.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Khurshid who was officiating as the chief guest for the Raising Day celebrations of the paramilitary CISF, however, did not elaborate on how such an arrangement could be made.<br /><br />“You should work towards discouraging people from asking for security,” he said, adding that he himself does not have any such special arrangement.<br /><br />Khurshid, Congress MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad, was asked if enhancing the security cover to more VIPs was necessary.<br /><br />In recent days, more politicians are getting ‘Z-plus’ security and the new entrants include Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma and BSP MP Brajesh Pathak months after the list of VIPs in this category were pruned during P Chidambaram’s tenure as Home Minister.<br /><br />Delhi has the highest number of security personnel on VIP-guarding duties in the country after Punjab and more than a dozen policemen guard each of the 427 VIPs, who are being given security in the national capital.<br /></p>
<p>Amid a growing clamour for getting VIP security in the country, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday disfavoured such an approach as he said he himself does not keep that paraphernalia.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Khurshid who was officiating as the chief guest for the Raising Day celebrations of the paramilitary CISF, however, did not elaborate on how such an arrangement could be made.<br /><br />“You should work towards discouraging people from asking for security,” he said, adding that he himself does not have any such special arrangement.<br /><br />Khurshid, Congress MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad, was asked if enhancing the security cover to more VIPs was necessary.<br /><br />In recent days, more politicians are getting ‘Z-plus’ security and the new entrants include Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma and BSP MP Brajesh Pathak months after the list of VIPs in this category were pruned during P Chidambaram’s tenure as Home Minister.<br /><br />Delhi has the highest number of security personnel on VIP-guarding duties in the country after Punjab and more than a dozen policemen guard each of the 427 VIPs, who are being given security in the national capital.<br /></p>