New Delhi: 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.
PTI
First Published: Monday, February 01, 2010, 18:45