Chief Ministers of Tripura and Uttarakhand on Sunday joined the anti- National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) chorus, taking to 12 the number of opposing states even as their Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi accused UPA of “attacking” the country’s federal structure. With the Centre being accused of taking an “unilateral” decision, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said the campaign against terror should be fought jointly and not be politicised. The Centre had no desire to infringe on the states’ rights, she said.
Left Front-ruled Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the proposal to set up the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), saying the “unilateral” order would only create “misunderstanding”.
