The Gujarat CM joined the chorus opposing saying it was an attempt to snatch the powers of the states and asked the Prime Minister to immediately withdraw it.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday joined the chorus opposing the Centre's order on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), saying it was an attempt to snatch the powers of the states and asked the Prime Minister to immediately withdraw it.
"The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) order by the central government is totally against the federal structure of the country," Modi wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
He claimed that states were not consulted over the issue. "For fighting terrorism and Naxalism, the Centre instead of consulting the states, with this order is trying to snatch their powers granted by the Constitution. This notification should be immediately withdrawn," he wrote.
Modi's letter comes in the wake of opposition to NCTC by Chief Ministers of several states like Odhisa, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, who have claimed that it will infringe on the rights of the states on issues of law and order.
The Gujarat Chief Minister, in his letter, highlighted several points which he felt were against the federal structure of the state.
"Under the Constitution, law and order has been put under the state subject. However, the February 3 office memorandum of the Central Home Ministry has put all the intelligence agencies under NCTC. As per this notification, all intelligence agencies of the state as well as central agencies and India's external agencies will have to work under the NCTC," he said in the letter.
"The NCTC has also been given the right to carry out arrests and searches at any place in the country under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act," Modi said.
"The Centre has not even bothered to consult the states before issuing such an order which in itself is contrary to the federal principals on which the country is governed," he said.
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