Law and order is the top priority of governments across the world. Many societies have developed mechanism to deal with any major law and order situation this ranges from investing heavily on technology and establishing reforms to strengthen security agencies. Yet in India the internal security apparatus is not capable of tackling any major security crisis. Neither do we have the technology nor the reforms in place for the security agencies to deal with it swiftly and effectively.With political bosses being the sole decision makers. Politicisation of such issues at crucial junctures have lead to loss of lives. Amongst all this bureaucratic muddle if there is one individual that stands out is the National Security Adviser Mr. Ajit Doval. An IAS officer from Kerela cadre Mr. Doval has done remarkable field work. From accession of Sikkim to collecting major intelligence within golden Temple assisting the army to eliminate ultras there is no end to his blitzkrieg.
In 2014 The Modi 1.0 gave him an extremely important post of NSA. It is essential to analyse the crisis which took place and how Mr. Doval was the go to man everytime
The first challenge that he faced was Kashmir. The insurgency which was started in 1989 had become stronger and Islamic radicalization was expanding at unsustainable levels. The fallout being more local youth were picking up arms and foreign millitancy was also rising. In 2016 a young millitant of Hizbul Mujahideen was eliminated by security forces. This led to major unrest in Kashmir and this unrest was simultaneously accompanied by target terrorist attacks and ambush on security forces. On 19th September a group of 5-6 foreign millitants entered Indian Army brigade headquarters in Uri and fired ruthlessly on soldiers. This was one of the biggest attacks in decades.People were outraged yet it was in this time of crisis Mr. Doval crafted a response which will change India’s strategic policy and the soft nation tag forever. On 29th September Indian special forces conducted tactical surgical strikes. After the retaliation Mr. Doval analysed the loopholes of Kashmir policy and initiated policy of CAS. This yielded remarkable results as foreign millitancy has been suppressed to a very high extent and also local millitancy is also loosing it’s grounds. Another Crisis which took place was in pulwama. A Jaish millitant rammed a SUV full of explosives into a CRPF convoy. This lead to 40 CRPF soldiers attaining martyrdom. It was MR. Doval who gave the ingenious idea of an audacious air strikes in balakot and he even handled the aftermath of balakot. It was due to his outreach which lead safe and speedy return of Wing cmdr Abhinandan varthaman.Post abborogation of article 370 it was clear that certain elements would try to create unrest hence keeping that in mind Mr Doval visited Kashmir and monitored the situation himself. This lead to one of the most quietest and peacefull period in Kashmir.
North East
Insurgency in North East was proving to be a major threat to internal security. In 2015 a major ambush took place in chandel district in which around 18 soldiers of Dogra regiment were martyred. In response to this Mr. Doval planned a major special ops which was carried out by special forces in which they ingressed into Myanmar and inflicted huge damage on NSCN(k) cadres. Due to comprehensive development which took place in northeast and strategic military policy. Insurgent groups have been forced to come to dialogue table. With NSCN(k) aggreing to Naga peace accord and other insurgent groups also stepping insurgency is on the verge of extinction in northeast.
DELHI RIOTS
On 25th and 26th February 2020 the worst communal violence in Delhi for decades took place. Till now it has led to 42 people loosing there lives. However the central and the state machinery was completely oblivious of the situation. The delhi police and paramilitary came under the jurisdiction of MHA yet the home minister was unable to take any major decision to contain this. The state governments approach too was asymphethatic. Members from across the political spectrum were involved in inciting violence and encouraging communities to fight. With Home minister failing miserably PM Modi gave the responsibility to his most trusted bureaucrat . Mr Doval stepped up to fill leadership vaccum. According to protocol such situations are handled purely by home secretary and MHA yet he was the first NSA to visit regions where riots took place. He not only withstood people’s rage but also convinced people that they are safe which bought relief as they had lot of faith in him(cuz he is not a politician).
CONCLUSION
Mr Doval is a unique personality and has greater fundamental understanding and experience in tackling crisis situation. Thus even when the complete political and bureaucratic circuit fails. Mr Doval is given the responsibility. He would surely be remembered as the best NSA in India’s history
Geopolitical Matrix 