While the Congress party has taken a lead in Jammu and Kashmir by asking its MPs, legislators and corporators to contribute 20 per cent of their salary to the central exchequer as part of UPA government's austerity measures, in Jammu and Kashmir a high level screening committee meeting is being held later this month to review the security of the politicians with police complaining that many of them draw extra security unauthorised at the cost of state exchequer.

According to officials the screening committee meeting which is to be headed by Director General of police, Kuldeep Khoda, is being held after Eid to review the security of the politicians. Officials said that the meeting is scheduled by the end of this month and it will have the officials from Intelligence Bureau and other security agencies as well.

The meeting is coming at a time when the officials in the security wing of the police pointed out to top brass of the police that the politicians are drawing security in excess to what they have been authorised.

According to officials in the security wing of the Jammu and Kashmir police, they have brought it to the notice of the government that politicians from all major political parties were drawing the security and vehicles in excess to what they are authorised.

Sources said that the security wing of the police which is exclusively meant for the security of protected persons also issues the guidelines for the maintenance of the security of the protected persons. However while the security wing has issued the guidelines for the maintenance of the security of the people in the five listed categories of Z+, Z, Y, X and X-2, officials said that such guidelines were rarely followed.

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