It has now emerged that an earlier version of the draft law did, in fact, include leaders from the opposition in the Internal Security committee. When contacted, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denied knowledge of the original draft, saying he had “no information”. No internal security SOP is currently mandated by law — a bunch of them is spread across different departments, with no unified command, and laying down no specific accountability. Kulkarni visited several government departments to study their internal security needs, and to update the current status of preparedness and resources available with the government. What the new draft calls State Internal Security Committee — the top decisionmaking body — the original draft had called the State Security Advisory Board (SSAB), with the chief minister as its chairman.

Source: Indian Express August 28, 2016 21:20 UTC