Press Trust of India / New Delhi Feb 01, 2010, 17:24 IST
Home Minister P Chidambaram was today non-committal on the role of National Security Adviser related to internal security saying it was for the Prime Minister who will decide on this as well as on the issue of reorganising the Home Ministry.
"That is for the Prime Minister to decide. In the (proposed) National Counter Terrorism Centre, we have not discussed the role of NSA. He advises the government and the Prime Minister. It is entirely the privilege of the Prime Minister to entrust him with any responsibility," he told a press conference.
Chidambaram was asked if he had redefined the role of new NSA Shiv Shankar Menon in the wake of exit of M K Narayanan from that post recently.
The departure of Narayanan, a former Intelligence Bureau chief, from the office of NSA came amidst Chidambaram's talk of restructuring the internal security architecture.
Asked about the progress on his proposal to reorganise the Home Ministry, Chidambaram said the issue will be decided by the Prime Minister.
"There is no follow up on that. But I have decided that more work related to non-internal security matters will be allocated to the two Ministers of State. And I have requested them to take review meetings and hold more intense discussions with officers on subjects which are not directly related to internal security so that I can conserve my time for internal security matters," he said.
Chidambaram said it was an issue related to internal reorganisation (of the MHA) and on the larger issue of reorganising the Ministry, the Prime Minister will decide at an appropriate time.
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