Parliamentary oversight of intelligence agencies is an idea whose time has come, Congress leader Manish Tewari has said, while calling for enacting legislation in this regard in the backdrop of the recent allegations emanating from the US and Canada.

The former Union minister on Friday pushed for his private member bill on this issue to be passed by Parliament.

Congress MP Manish Tewari has said intelligence agencies should be put under the parliamentary oversight, arguing if his suggestions were accepted in the past, the country would not have been in an "embarrassing position" as it is now.