Thursday's Hyderabad blasts, which claimed 16 lives and left several
others injured, have led to a fresh debate on the issue of proposed
National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC).
The NCTC was a brainchild of then home minister P. Chidambaram, but its constitution was deferred indefinitely following strong opposition from various states, particularly those ruled by non-Congress parties.
Advocating the setting up of NCTC, Congress spokesperson Renuka Chaudhary said, "Parliament should take an adequate stand for security. National security is not for one person. If it means NCTC then have it."
Senior Congress leader Satyavarat Chaturvedi said, "We cannot ignore security because of our personal issue. There was a discussion to establish NCTC, an anti-terrorist organisation in India. It could not be fulfilled unfortunately yet. We should stand united."
Emphasising
on an urgent need for the NCTC, Union Minister Salman Khurshid said,
"It's a matter of concern for all of political class. Stop looking at
small political gains and decide on larger political goal."
BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar rubbished Congress's emphasis on the urgency for NCTC, saying, "Here NCTC is not an issue. There was specific information, but the government failed to act."
Senior BJP leader Balbir Punj blamed the Congress for going slow on terror by repealing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).
"Congress has been interested in vote bank politics. They have sent a wrong message. Fight against terror gets compromised. They repealed POTA. But any anti-terror mechanism is welcome. Country doesn't have the resolve. It is not about shrill but resolve," he said.
Opposing NCTC, Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay said, "Government will have to work out a consensus and not debate over the issue of setting up such a centre which supersedes federal structure."
The NCTC was a brainchild of then home minister P. Chidambaram, but its constitution was deferred indefinitely following strong opposition from various states, particularly those ruled by non-Congress parties.
Advocating the setting up of NCTC, Congress spokesperson Renuka Chaudhary said, "Parliament should take an adequate stand for security. National security is not for one person. If it means NCTC then have it."
Senior Congress leader Satyavarat Chaturvedi said, "We cannot ignore security because of our personal issue. There was a discussion to establish NCTC, an anti-terrorist organisation in India. It could not be fulfilled unfortunately yet. We should stand united."
BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar rubbished Congress's emphasis on the urgency for NCTC, saying, "Here NCTC is not an issue. There was specific information, but the government failed to act."
Senior BJP leader Balbir Punj blamed the Congress for going slow on terror by repealing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).
"Congress has been interested in vote bank politics. They have sent a wrong message. Fight against terror gets compromised. They repealed POTA. But any anti-terror mechanism is welcome. Country doesn't have the resolve. It is not about shrill but resolve," he said.
Opposing NCTC, Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay said, "Government will have to work out a consensus and not debate over the issue of setting up such a centre which supersedes federal structure."
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