New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the Centre should not interfere in the country's federal structure in the name of fighting terrorism and that there are so many issues which have been clubbed.
Mamata said although Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said in Parliament that the NCTC issue would be discussed completely, a meeting convened in Delhi on April 16 has listed NCTC as one of the 10 items in the agenda for discussion.
"We will request the meeting be only on NCTC. You can't discuss 10 issues in a day. It is not a good precedent we should respect the commitment made in Parliament," Mamata said.
"When I met the Prime Minister he said NCTC will be discussed exclusively but I have received a letter from him, I am astonished to see the agenda of the meeting," Mamata added.
"Let the NCTC issue be discussed freely first before discussing other matters. Ten issues cannot be discussed in one day. Please stick to the NCTC issue. Let it be over, then discuss other issues," she said.
The Centre should give "full respect" to the chief ministers and allow them to discuss the NCTC issue freely, Banerjee said.
With additional information from PTI
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