Mumbai: On Sunday Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh claimed that Maharashtra government has reduced security cover for superstar Amitabh Bachchan and SP Rajya Sabha member Abu Asim Azmi, blaming Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil and NCP president Sharad Pawar for the decision.

"If anything happens to Azmi, we will hold Pawar and Patil responsible," Singh told reporters here.

"Even when I come to Mumbai, I am not provided with security. I am not going to beg to the Maharashtra government for providing security. I am not going beg to Pawar," he said.

Saying that Bachchan was a national icon and beyond politics, Singh added, "It is a matter of concern that the government has reduced security cover to the actor."

"Even if Supriya Sule, daughter of Pawar, comes to Uttar Pradesh, we will provide her adequate security," said Singh, flanked by party's Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan.