20 February 2012

Editorial: India to Nix Terror Center Plan

By Rajeev Sharma

The United Progressive Alliance government seems left with no option but to give a quiet burial to its proposed newest anti-terror body – the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) – inspired by a U.S. outfit of the same name. Allies and the opposition alike have cornered and embarrassed the government on the NCTC issue, meaning the only honorable way out for the government is to tell the Home Affairs Ministry not to issue the notification for setting up the NCTC until a political consensus is thrashed out.

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