Mumbai, Aug 30 (UNI) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Friday refused the security upgradation provided too him by the union government, saying he was unaware of the reason behind the move.

According to Pawar, the Union Home Ministry had upgraded his security status to Z plus category.

"A Home Ministry official told me that the government has decided to give three persons Z-plus security, and I was one of them. I asked who the other two were. I was told RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Union Home Minister Amit Shah," the veteran leader said, adding he has refused the enhanced security cover.

The former Union minister's decision to refuse the Z-plus security cover comes a week after he expressed suspicion over the Center's decision to grant him the security upgrade alongside RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. UNI AAA ARN SSP