New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote a letter to the Chief Ministers of six states on Tuesday, convincing them that the NCTC will, in no way, affect the allocation of powers between the states and the Union. In his letter, Singh wrote that the primary purpose of the NCTC was to coordinate counter-terrorism efforts throughout the country and would be more like the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in its functioning, one of the reasons why it had been placed under the IB, he stressed.
"In forming the NCTC, it is not the government's intent in any way to affect the basic features of the constitutional provisions, and to affect the allocation of powers between the states and the Union.
"The primary purpose of the NCTC is to coordinate counter-terrorism efforts throughout the country, as the IB has been doing so far. It is for this reason that the NCTC has been located within the IB and not as a separate organisation," he wrote.
"NCTC will be functioning like the IB has been functioning. It is not a new organisation, but to address your concerns I have asked the Home Minister to consult you," he added.
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