As Ajit Doval 3.0 begins, a look at IB, RAW, intel titans & how India’s NSA office evolved

In an unprecedented event, Ajit Doval has been appointed the NSA for a third term. In Episode 1469 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta takes you through the establishment of a dedicated cabinet rank of the NSA, the most notable people holding this post, and how the post changed under different prime ministers.

01:30 Unprecedented third term for Ajit Doval
03:40 Establishment of the post of NSA
07:20 Notable incumbents
12:50 Evolution of Higher National Security Management
18:15 Response to national security issues under the different PMs

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[ravgow]

Timestamp 4:00: it took 50 years to realize we need a NSA because of the lack of vision of the gandhi family politicians. Don’t try to lecture us that India had to learn about internal and external security and diplomacy for 50 years. What Sardar Patel achieved in terms of uniting the princely states to India was a masterclass in diplomacy and therefore we already knew what internal and external security needs were. Congress has given us Foolish defence ministers like AK Antony who thought the best defence against China is to leave the ladakh region undeveloped. Deep gratitude to Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji and his government who had the vision of instating a NSA 🙌🏻. I can however never trust Shekhar Gupta to give an unbiased report. He’ll always be a congress stooge. The thumbnail of the video showed Ajit Doval 3.0 policy and SG has spoken about him less than 20% of the run time and would much rather give me birth and death days of rn kao and other congress ministers. Stop using clickbait Shekhar. Shame on your team. Crooks

[sb]

I had no idea that Mr. Ajit Doval is 79 years old. He hardly looks any older than 60 years. 😐

[drarunselvakumar]

UPA was a disaster in Internal security, External Affairs & Anti-corruption.

[chasetv]

Mr. Doval is a jewel... combined quality's of civil admin and military know how.... A rare personality.... Best of wishes.... Keep our region safer ... God bless the India with it's Indo pacific.... Interests ....

[harisundar]

NSA is one post where experience and man management matters the most. Modi govt has maintained continuity and given the right person the right responsibility. Also underrated are the reforms under Vajpayee who appointed NSA officially for the first time and did the nuclear test against all the external pressure.

[maheah]

UPA always preferred their politics over national security. Not a surprise anymore

[drarunselvakumar]

Ajith Doval is the Minister of The Unknown

[SJ]

Ajit Doval came up nice strategy with offensive defense. I hope it’s never reversed. People should know their vote has impact. IK Gujral stooped all intelligence operations under Pak and India paid heavy price. Same goes for MMS his downsizing of security apparatus resulted in 26/11. The lessons for India never let the guard down.

[rahult]

Shekhar chcha started from 2005 ish and then back all the way to 1962 and then came back.. but he never reached 2020 .

[ontisalaga]

Dear Mr.SG, hope to see you interview Mr Doval one day. Earlier the better.

[parijatgoswami]

My Heartiest Humble Blindfolded Respect to Mr. Doval, R&AW Personnel. 🙏

[PradeepNarayanan-by]

Congress party under successive PMs never prioritised national security. Shivshankar Menon was an unmitigated disaster..exemplified by the debacle in Sharm-El-Sheikh and 26/11.

[thegame]

People commenting anything without even reading the Title properly. It has nothing to do with Ajit's coronation as India's James Bond but is about the EVOLUTION of NSA's office.

[BharatVishwa]

04:40 1947 is not our birth. India was not born on 1947. India is Sanatan

[urmilaprabhakarambaskarA-wkcx]

Outstanding video Shekher saab.Thank you Sir.🙏

[narendramarkale]

Till 1998 there was no NSA appointed because from 1947 to 1998 most of the Govt of Congress were headed by Gandhi & Nehru clan & their approach to national & international security was lackluster. They always thought of family first & country next so national security was then not so important to be given any credence.

[venkatasubramaniankrishnam]

SG has phenomenal storytelling skills.He should take a masterclass on how to remember so many names, dates connected to different anecdotes along with their political significance 👏👏

[madhuchhandachatterjee]

Had to wait till the last part of the talk to learn about Mr Doval!
Wanted a more detailed discussion just on him.

[ankitjainsuperdude]

Please make video on post poll violence in Bengal

[aekanshmishra]

Great analysis, Shekhar Gupta Ji ❤ Loved every bit of it.