New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju today said both individual freedom and privacy were very important but it cannot be ignored that everything overrides when it comes to the national interest and security.
At an ASSOCHAM Summit on Cyber & Network Security, he said, “When it comes to national security, I personally feel that national interest overrides everything.
” Pointing out that primary responsibility of making laws and policies rests with the Parliament, the Minister said “We are being authorised by the sovereign people of this nation, we have primary responsibility to frame laws.
So all this scenario in which we live, we must understand that there are fundamental rights but equally there are fundamental duties,” he added.
Mr Rijiju also said that there was a huge gap in India’s capability and capacity when it comes cyber warfare.