TN Seshan also disclosed that as the cabinet secretary of the VP Singh government, he had advocated for maintaining the security of Rajiv Gandhi, but his request was not accepted by the government. On December 3, 1989, a day after Singh became Prime Minister, a meeting was called under the chairmanship of Seshan, in which ‘whether to continue the five security cover to Rajiv or not’ was discussed. In this meeting, Seshan argued that the security threat to former PM Rajiv Gandhi has still not subsided.