Mamata willing to set up NCTC: Sushilkumar Shinde

Claiming that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a positive view on the National Counter Terrorism Centre NCTC Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde yesterday said the central government was trying to break the deadlock over the proposed antiterror hub ldquoShe Banerjee is willing But other chief ministers are opposing it We have to hold talks with them alsordquo Shinde told reporters after holding a meeting with Banerjee at Bakkhali in South 24 Parganas district Work in progress While Sushilkumar Shinde has managed to convince Mamata Banerjee J Jayalalithaa and Narendra Modi have not given their consent to the NCTC proposal ldquoWe had earlier held talks about the NCTC Banerjee had said that we would have to discuss together some clausesrdquo he said Shinde who began a twoday tour of the state yesterday held talks with Banerjee yesterday afternoon On hold The proposal to set up NCTC was put on hold after some states protested against its implementation saying it would encroach on their rights Banerjee along with her Tamil Nadu and Gujarat counterparts J Jayalalithaa and Narendra Modi respectively had opposed certain provisions of it Shinde said the central government and all the states had to deal with terrorism together and the former was in the process of finding out a way to break the deadlock ldquoWe have to deal with terrorism together We should not allow it in our territory The chief ministers also have the same view But all the chief ministers are saying that the centre should not encroach on the rights of the states We are in the process of finding a way outrdquo he said Coastal security Shinde also discussed coastal security with Banerjee during the meeting Describing the chief minister as his ldquosisterrdquo the minister said his discussion with Banerjee for allotting land for Border Security Force BSF outposts in Bengal was ldquoexcellentrdquo ldquoI earlier had urged the West Bengal government for land for BSF We also discussed about it today The discussion was excellent I want to give thanks to the governmentrdquo he added What is NCTC The National Counter Terrorism Center NCTC is a proposed federal antiterror agency that is modelled on the National Counterterrorism Center of the USA The proposal was mooted after the 2611 attacks in Mumbai that exposed intelligence and operational failures The NCTC proposal faced stiff opposition from various Chief Ministers across the country Movie lsquoridiculingrsquo Mamata denied clearance director cries foul The censor board has denied approval to a Bengali film for ldquodistorting historyrdquo by ridiculing the swearingin ceremony of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee as well as her Singur movement which caused Tata Motors to exit from the state A member of the boardrsquos regional revising committee however cited the ldquoobscene and abusive languagerdquo in the movie as the reason behind denial of clearance for itu00a0Suman Mukhopadhyay director alleging ldquopolitical motivationrdquo behind the move claimed that the censor boardrsquos objection is a ldquocoverup as it does not want to allow a movie which is a burlesque on Banerjeersquos dream to turn Kolkata into Londonrdquou00a0ldquoThe movie is a burlesque and takes satirical hit on Kolkata turning into London as well as Tatarsquos Motors departure from Singurrdquo he maintained