<p>New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday accorded the highest category of armed VIP security cover -- Z-plus -- to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) chief Sharad Pawar, official sources said.</p>.<p>The Union Home Ministry has asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to extend the cover to the 83-year-old former chief minister of Maharashtra. A team of 55 armed CRPF personnel has been earmarked for the task.</p>.Sharad Pawar takes jibe at PM's 'one nation, one election' pitch during I-Day address.<p>A threat assessment review by central agencies has recommended a strong security cover to Pawar. The Centre has accorded him a Z-plus cover to be provided by the CRPF VIP security wing, the sources said.</p>.<p>A CRPF team is already in Maharashtra to take up the task, they said.</p>.<p>The VIP security cover categorisations begin from the highest Z+ followed by Z, Y+, Y and X. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday accorded the highest category of armed VIP security cover -- Z-plus -- to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) chief Sharad Pawar, official sources said.</p>.<p>The Union Home Ministry has asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to extend the cover to the 83-year-old former chief minister of Maharashtra. A team of 55 armed CRPF personnel has been earmarked for the task.</p>.Sharad Pawar takes jibe at PM's 'one nation, one election' pitch during I-Day address.<p>A threat assessment review by central agencies has recommended a strong security cover to Pawar. The Centre has accorded him a Z-plus cover to be provided by the CRPF VIP security wing, the sources said.</p>.<p>A CRPF team is already in Maharashtra to take up the task, they said.</p>.<p>The VIP security cover categorisations begin from the highest Z+ followed by Z, Y+, Y and X. </p>