Ever since P Chidambaram became Union home minister, a turf war of sorts has been on between him and National Security Advisor (NSA) M K Narayanan. On the backfoot after 26/11, the NSA has so far fallen in line. The Telangana mess-up by New Delhi seems to have resulted in some role reversal. North Block and South Block watchers have noticed the fact that after the ignominious exit of Andhra Pradesh governor
N D Tiwari, the temporary charge of the Hyderabad Raj Bhavan has gone to a Narayanan acolyte, former IB chief and governor of Chattisgarh, E S L Narasimhan, who once had the job of keeping an eye on the present home minister!
