Days after facing opposition from several chief ministers to the proposal of a central counter-terror agency, home minister P Chidambaram again pitched for setting up such a body saying “given the gravity of the situation, every day we delay NCTC, we increase our risk”. “The threat perception of terrorism in the country continues to be high and we need an institutional mechanism to tackle it,” he said while addressing a meeting of the consultative committee— comprising select MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha—of the home ministry.
Emphasizing that Naxalism and insurgency in the northeast were becoming “terrorist in nature”, the home minister said, “We need to counter terrorism not just as a police operation but we need a counter-terrorism organization that mobilizes all elements of national power; diplomatic, financial, investigative, intelligence and police. Therefore, we need a counter-terrorism body like NCTC”
Though Chidambaram had made a similar pitch in the meeting of chief ministers over the issues concerning the proposed NCTC on May 5, his arguments did not cut ice with most non-Congress CMs. While three CMs—Mamata Bannerjee (Bengal), Narendra Modi (Gujarat) and J Jayalalitha (Tamil Nadu)—had rejected the concept of such a body, others had extended ‘qualified’ support seeking certain change in the existing notification of the NCTC.
Emphasizing that Naxalism and insurgency in the northeast were becoming “terrorist in nature”, the home minister said, “We need to counter terrorism not just as a police operation but we need a counter-terrorism organization that mobilizes all elements of national power; diplomatic, financial, investigative, intelligence and police. Therefore, we need a counter-terrorism body like NCTC”
Though Chidambaram had made a similar pitch in the meeting of chief ministers over the issues concerning the proposed NCTC on May 5, his arguments did not cut ice with most non-Congress CMs. While three CMs—Mamata Bannerjee (Bengal), Narendra Modi (Gujarat) and J Jayalalitha (Tamil Nadu)—had rejected the concept of such a body, others had extended ‘qualified’ support seeking certain change in the existing notification of the NCTC.
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