Click to play videoNew Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and the issue of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) is likely to be discussed in the meeting. The meeting assumes importance as she has continuously been opposing the government's various proposals including the NCTC. She has already written a letter to the Prime Minister opposing the proposal of setting up of NCTC. According to sources, Mamata may meet the Prime Minister at 5.30 pm on Wednesday.
Ahead of the meeting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tried to placate the opposing state governments. The PM has written to seven chief ministers assuring them that the powers of the states will not be compromised by setting up of the NCTC.
The PM also said that the government has no intention to alter the federal structure enshrined in the Constitution. The letter also assured all CMs that the Home Minister will hold consultations with them, claiming that the NCTC will only be a co-ordination hub.
Mamata is expected to flag her concerns about the NCTC on Wednesday in her meeting with the PM. Also the meeting's agenda includes discussions on the Farakka Barrage and the Gorkhaland issue.
Mamata, whose Trinamool Congress has 19 members in the Lok Sabha, would also take up implementation of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration during the meeting with Singh.
Last Saturday, Mamata had alleged that the Centre had kept secret the fact about the two damaged sluice gates on the Farakka Barrage, resulting in Bangladesh getting 82,801 cusecs of water as against 35,000 cusecs it is supposed to get during the dry season.
"I sought an appointment with the Prime Minister to discuss the issue of GTA and the problem arising out of excess flow of water to Bangladesh through the broken sluice gates on Farakka barrage. I will discuss these issues with him on Wednesday," she has said.
Mamata said that the tripartite agreement on Gorkhaland Territorial Administration had already been signed, but its implementation was being delayed. "Why should there be delay? I will seek PM's intervention," she had said.
(With additional inputs from PTI)
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