Why now? Mamata to PM on NCTC
FP Politics Feb 22, 2012
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today conveyed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that NCTC in its present format disturbs the federal structure. She also questioned the timing of the executive order.
“I have told him that the executive order on National Counter-Terrorism Centre is wrong. I have urged him to finish consultation with the states before implementing it,” Banerjee told reporters after meeting the prime minister at his 7 Race Course Road residence in New Delhi.
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Expressing surprise at the timing of the NCTC order, she said, “In the prime minister’s letter that I received yesterday it was mentioned that NCTC is framed as per the suggestion of 2001 GoM meeting. I asked the prime minister about the necessity to implement the suggestion after 11 years.”
She said NCTC in the present form is dangerous as anyone from any place could be arrested without the knowledge of the state police...
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-now-mamata-to-pm-on-nctc-221909.html
They are having similar problems with local government approval of nuclear in West Bengal.
Russia wants West Bengal nuclear plant relocated
Sachin Parashar, TNN Sep 9, 2011, 02.50am IST
NEW DELHI: The government is looking at allotting another site for nuclear reactor to Russia in place of Haripur in West Bengal, a location marred by controversy. Confirming that the Russians have officially sought another site, government sources indicated a new site could be allotted soon.
The Mamta Banerjee-led government in the state announced last month that it was going to scrap the project, but it did not prevent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from making a strong case for nuclear energy when he visited Kolkata later.
"There is no decision yet but we are looking at the request from the Russians. We can allot another site to them," said a senior government source. The Russians have been expressing concern about protests in Haripur since last year, but the government was still hopeful of a way out. With Mamata's regime not relenting, the Centre has been forced to think of other alternative sites.
West Bengal power minister said in the assembly last month that the government would not allow any nuclear power plant to be set up in the state. Russia's state-owned nuclear power equipment and service giant Rosatom had asked the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to consider allotting it another site for the plant...
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-09/india/30134866_1_nuclear-power-haripur-rosatom
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