Internal security should come under political oversight: HM

New Delhi, Feb 6 (PTI) Indian Home Minister P
Chidambaram Saturday said the National Security Adviser (NSA)
should have very few executive responsibilities over internal
security which he felt must come under political oversight.
"....but whether he (NSA) should have executive
responsibility, given the pressure of work and time, is I
think an open question. My personal view is that he should
have very few executive responsibilities as far as internal
security is concerned. That should be given to other
professional," he said.
Asked whether the role of NSA should be cut down from
being an intelligence overlord to the Prime Minister's
adviser, Chidambaram told CNN-IBN that "Let him take over any
of these responsibilities. Although all I said was whoever is
doing whatever, it must be under the political oversight. And
I happen to be the person providing the political oversight.
Therefore everybody accepted that".
The Home Minister's comments assume significance in the
context of M K Narayanan moving out of his role as NSA to
India's eastern state West Bengal as Governor after
Chidambaram spoke of restructuring the Home Ministry and
creation of a new security architecture.
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