April 12, 2010 7:02 PM

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Only Home Ministry to speak on internal security issue, decides Govt

Government has decided that only the Home Ministry will henceforth speak on the sensitive internal security issue. Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekhar has written to all Ministers and Secretaries in this regard. <br/><br/>The move comes in the wake of views expressed by Service Chiefs on the use of defence forces in the anti-naxal operations and some ministers airing their views in public on related issues. <br/><br/>A day after the Dantewada naxal strike, Home Minister P Chidambaram spoke of possible involvement of air power in the anti-naxal operations while Air Chief Marshal P V Naik said on the same day that he is not in favour of such an idea. <br/><br/>Similarly, Army Chief General V K Singh has said that there were internal deficiencies in the way the CRPF carried out the Dantewada operation and the battalion involved was not trained by the army. <br/><br/>While Mr Chidambaram refuted these remarks in a veiled manner, the Home Ministry came out with a statement highlighting the training imparted to the CRPF personnel involved in the Dantewada operation.

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